My father always deferred to my mother's judgement in the several crises of my early educational career, because she had been a schoolteacher herself... events would suggest that my mother was unreasonably tolerant of my obduracy. But, precisely because she had been a teacher herself, my mother could see that I made the best steps when I was left alone.
Ang aking ama palaging ipinagpaliban sa aking ina ng paghuhusga sa ilang crises ng aking maagang pang-edukasyon karera, dahil siya ay nagkaroon ng isang titser na rin... mga kaganapan ay iminumungkahi na ang aking ina ay unreasonably mapagparaya ng aking katigasan ng ulo. Ngunit, tiyak sapagkat siya ay nagkaroon ng isang guro na rin, ang aking ina ay maaaring makita na ang ginawa ko ang pinakamahusay na mga hakbang kapag ako ay nag-iwan nag-iisa.