Of sweet and bitter memories

MEMORIES have a way of evolving, becoming either more gentle with the passing years or taking on added dimensions of intensity. At times we may also need to sieve through our memories of people whom we have known in the past to determine their degree of accuracy.

When I asked several people about the teachers they remembered best, there were two categries of responses. The first category consisted of teachers who were remembered fondly by their former students. The second category of “most remembered” teachers which emerged after much probing, were those who had left painful memories in the lives of those they had taught.