Teacher bids farewell to alma mater


To sir with love: Students seeing Sundaresan off at High School Bukit Mertajam in Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: He took a curtain call finally after spending four decades “married” to the school where he studied and taught.

“I came to school with my hair all black and now I am going away with my hair all white,” said K. Sundaresan with a laugh.

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