Just when I was beginning to think that Bangladesh was becoming bankrupt of all morals,common decency,and self-respect ,it was most refreshing and inspiring to read the letter from former schoolteacher Shakul Ali (New Age,September 17.)
For 30 years Mr Ali had been part of the system that unapologetically inflicts pain and suffering on innocent and vulnerable children.He wrote that on very rare occasions he was one of the "torturers" (my description not his) for which he deeply regrets.Much to his honour,dignity and pride,he spent most of his school carrer trying to convince his colleagues that corporal punishment is wrong.
No doubt Mr Ali is one of the rare breed of teachers, whom some of us were lucky to have teaching us,who've brought great honour , glory and respect to the profession and whom most of us admire long after we've left school.
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