Not enough of a good thing.

There is an ancient patriarchal institution where I live. It is an academic institution that has been around for over one and a quarter century. It has been attended by anglophiles and their descendents and has survived over the century through such relations. In fact, their graduates and such also run much of the administration.

Their academic board is chaired, ran, driven and controlled by their own as well. As a matter of fact, they have had a reputation of roping in their suitable graduates to be educators within their institution.

I think this presents us with an interesting situation. This is how I suggest we can propagate it. Have their own graduates be groomed to educate all their offspring. There are obvious advantages to this proposal.

The teachers are fully inducted and aware of the institution’s culture. They also have a firsthand, if not first person relationship with the students’ parents. This ensures a definite foundation of trust with the parent-teacher relationship. As such, the education process becomes so much more seamless and not to mention trouble free, just to name a few of the benefits.

I can hear naysayer crying nepotism and in breeding, elitism and false-exclusivity. But let me assure you, it is not. It is just a system to ensure absolute quality control and faithfulness to the culture that the century and a quarter old institution had built up. It guarantees the perpetuation of excellence and superiority, not just in academia but also biological.

Wouldn’t you think this a great idea too?