School was a routine we were subjected to for so many of our formative years.

Was it a fair system? Was it fun? How I can on answer that? The rules were set and applied by the paid employees of the education department. Such individuals came from all walks of life. They had many different personal standards and values. Like with all things in life, luck played a part in deciding who the controllers of our days were. However one thing was certain, the power was with the teachers.

I attended the...

Mr.Pittock was a lovely man who had the respect of all the sensible ones among his students. Even though he copped a bit of ridicule because of his size, slight limp and his slightly plum-in-the-mouth way of talking, he was self confident enough to shrug it off. He often invited students to his flat near the school, where the atmosphere was friendly, personal, relaxed and very much out-of-school. This would be severely frowned on now but I am certain there was nothing suspicious going on. I h...