Now steady on there Kiwiqueen. Yes, some teachers are old. Many teachers were in fact hatched. Almost all teachers are bitter, this is of course part of the qualification for the job. If a candidate turns up for a teaching job who is deemed to be not bitter enough, they are simply flung into a dungeon for a few years with only earwax to eat until they are bitter enough to wreak havoc upon young minds.
However, not all teachers were hatched old and bitter. Some teachers insist on being (and staying at) a middling sort of age. I like to see it as young enough to observe and ridicule the passing fads and fashions of teenage life, while old enough to stay up late, drive cars, ruin my health with the habits and poisons of my choice, and certainly old enough to wear many layers of clothing (and bedding, and hot water bottles) in winter, while the trendy young coatless flibbertigibbets freeze to death.
So there : P
kiwiqueen - 8. Dec, 18:28
Catherine, I only thought that at the insensitive young age of eleven. And twelve. And perhaps even thirteen. I think most people at some stage come round to realise that their teachers have lives outside of school, and *shock horror* feelings too! With that you tend to abandon the old hatched-from-eggs theory :-D This flash of realisation happened when seeing one of my old science teachers creep with a furtive sideways glance into a shop selling wine, twitching one hand slightly in recognition as I waved enthusiastically.
However, not all teachers were hatched old and bitter. Some teachers insist on being (and staying at) a middling sort of age. I like to see it as young enough to observe and ridicule the passing fads and fashions of teenage life, while old enough to stay up late, drive cars, ruin my health with the habits and poisons of my choice, and certainly old enough to wear many layers of clothing (and bedding, and hot water bottles) in winter, while the trendy young coatless flibbertigibbets freeze to death.
So there : P