Irish Teacher: Thank you, past students, wherever you are

Jennifer Horgan: "Time marches on but the role of the teacher is, in some ways, bizarrely stationary." Pic: Larry Cummins

It is happening. My children are nearing the age of my secondary students.

This convergence makes me nostalgic – like I’m at a border, a crossing, about to enter a new phase. The first time I had a group of 12-year-olds in my care, the age of my eldest son, I was 26 years old. Those 12-year-olds are 28 now, older than I was teaching them.