Schoolteachers

As Turkey celebrates Teachers' Day on Nov. 24, uncertainty over a proposed paid apprenticeship and "Teachers Academy" has set tongues wagging among the country's almost 900,000 educators.

I’ve had a song by Sting stuck in my head for the past two days. Remember the one that goes, “Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could/For all those born under an angry star/Lest forget how fragile we are.”