The flight landed on time. I hurried to the baggage claim thinking I would be out and on my way to a meeting within 10–15 minutes. Thirty minutes went by. An hour passed. My suitcase still had not appeared.
Making English a compulsory subject from grade 1 is undeniably the right direction, but as a parent, the policy still brings me mixed thoughts: I'm worried that my child will be overloaded.
"Half a kilo more, come on! The plane carries hundreds of people, what difference does it make?" a woman snapped as airline staff stopped her at the check-in counter.
