ON FINDING A KEY SCHOOLTEACHER

For years I'd wondered what had become of my most significant and influential  schoolteacher, whom we knew as Miss Mizing before she became Mrs Tucker. She was a brilliant and tirelessly provocative teacher of English and drama. I tried to find her a few times over those decades since 1970, to no avail ... I'd heard she was on Mornington but couldn't find a teacher anywhere there of that name. Thinking she may be deceased, I gave up, but recently made another attempt through the Latvian community. An e-mail came promptly, she came back to Adelaide for a visit; we had lunch at Penfolds before retiring for a sesh in The Exeter, and we keep in regular contact. Now Ieva Kains, she brightens her retirement by teaching young people drama. Allow me to present someone to whom I owe more than I'll ever know, here playing a typically camp role in a movie for her pupils. If you had a great teacher in your life, seek 'em out and say thanks before it's too late!