When a man on the motoe bike chased me...

I was in a meeting of the HTS’ , SMC Presidents and female representatives of SMC . The were all supposed to discuss issues that crop between the SMC and the head teacher. The facilitator asked the participants to answer some questions , which was done in a politically correct way.In the discussions that followed, people started airing their differences vociferously. I silently listened to all their out bursts. Then the facilitator asked me to address the group.
I walked to the black board wrote a web diagram showing the child caught in relation ship with the, parent , community and the school. I totally agreed that in an organization such as a school where there are many stake holders there was bound to be conflict of interests. But I told them that all their differences can be resolved more easily if their focus was on the child…without whom the school wouldn’t exist!!There was hushed silence.
Later that week I was in a tonga coming back from a school visit. I noticed a man on a motor bike dashing to over take the tonga.’How reckless he is!’, I thought As he approached closer, he with a large smile shouted with joy.”Thank you madam,, I am the head master who was in that meeting that day. What you said was very right, In our school meeting today I helped resolve some conflict putting the child in focus. Everybody appreciated my view. Thank you so much !!” I can still recall the cheerfulness in his eyes.