RECENTLY, I was asked by the pastor of William Knibb Memorial Baptist Church in Falmouth, Devere Nugent, to give the inaugural lecture on the work of the late William Knibb (1803-45).

I MAKE no apologies for the solid pro-teacher position that I normally take. I know what it is to feel beleaguered, disrespected and unappreciated. It is part of our lot....