Honesty is the best policy

In my nearly 40 years of teaching I reckon I had heard every conceivable excuse for why a child is late to school. So it came as a refreshing change when one day I asked a younger member of the school community why he was late, particularly given how closely he lived to the school. With disarming honesty, which I could only stand back and admire, he said “It’s my bed Sir, it’s so nice and warm”!