Illness as learning

One of the things about being a teacher is that inevitably one gets a cold simply because one has to deal with so many people who are snuffling and sneezing - at this time of year especially.

Colds, though, can be great teachers.

They catch us, usually, when we're already over-stretched, when our resistance is temporarily low, or when we feel mentally tired or sad. Then we have to let them run their course.  A cold, or the flu, or anything like that can't usually be hurried.  It leaves in its o...