Turning Heads: The teacher with short hair

ECONOMYNEXT – When my mother was transferred to a leading boys’ school in Colombo, she instantly turned heads. Latha Jayasinghe was the first short-haired teacher the students had seen in a generation. Teachers then had the privilege of enrolling their children in the same school where they taught, and that is how both my brother, Lakal, and I ended up at what many mockingly called “Mariyakade Central” — but which was arguably the best in the country. Students at Ananda addressed women teachers as “Madam” (and male teachers as “Sir”), and my mother soon became known among the 6,000-strong student…

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