Those pesky farewells! It seems everytime we turn around, there’s another wonderful staff member leaving (marriages, babies, husbands getting transferred). It is never easy to say goodbye. Particularly when the staff member is as much of a treasure as our Sree.

This is a special educator for the pantheon. Talk about gifted! She is the sort of teacher you dream about, the kind of teacher every parent wants her child to have. It’s not just that she is talented, creative, delightful and imaginative. She is all that, but she is also a person who simply loves children.

I recently posted a blog item about government school teachers. I mentioned how frequently they  don’t show up for work, and how, given the system, difficult – if not impossible – it is to fire them.

Most people, hearing such stories, react with anger, cynicism or sarcasm.

Not Sree.

Sree posted a comment on the story which was  full of pity and compassion for the teachers. “Poor things,” she said. “They have no idea how much fun they are missing.”

That’s Sree in a nutshell. She loves what she does so much it is incomprehensible to her that anyone would willingly give up the chance to do it too. We can all learn so much from her. Her email address is happysree@gmail.com The address says it all.

Happiness comes from people. Happy Sree got it right the whole time she was with us and she will no doubt continue getting it right wherever she goes next.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: that is one lucky baby she’s having!

Here she is listening to more praise from her friends, all true, all richly deserved. How we will miss her!