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Parents should conspire with teachers - for the good of the children

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The universe of my school days was governed by a few natural laws.

One of them was that my parents and teachers were always in an alliance against me.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 07, 2019, with the headline Parents should conspire with teachers - for the good of the children. Subscribe