No one seems to see, as the teachers do, that the materials to work with are totally absent. Some pupils, too, come to school without exercise books and pens, saying their parents cannot afford to buy such materials for them. No one ever raises a finger against the government for its inability to provide the basic materials and equipment for effective teaching in the schools. If I were a man I would have left this job a longtime ago. The classroom business is rotten beyond repair and the earlier one quits, the better.
Teachers generally are their brother's keeper.
The public seems not to recognize teachers, hence we have come to realize that we should help ourselves. It is in the light of this that the staff in my school have grown to relate very well with one another. The head teacher is quite open with me and the rest of the teachers. He encourages us to perform our routine duties satisfactorily. He never takes pleasure in querying me or any of the teachers on the staff.