Life was finally looking up for me.

I had marched to the school the next day and on time just to see the frown on the head teacher’s face. And she didn’t disappoint; immediately her eyes landed on me, she swelled up like a puffed fish, and her jaw locked in place.

I was assigned to teach kindergarten, and from the sly smile on her face, I knew it was intentional. However, I had told her to give me a class, and she had done just that, so I couldn’t complain.

I was assigned to take them through history, and that was fine by me. They were still so little,...