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A Tribute... from a Reluctant Pupil !

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD This morning I attended the Month’s Mind Mass held to pray for the soul of Mrs. Dorothy Fernandez, who passed away at the age of eighty…

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Published November 15, 2019 · 5 min read
a tribute... from a reluctant

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD

This morning I attended the Month’s Mind Mass held to pray for the soul of Mrs. Dorothy Fernandez, who passed away at the age of eighty six on the 15th of last month. She was my music teacher when I was studying at the Good Shepherd Convent Primary School during the early sixties and I was perhaps her most reluctant pupil ! I say this because I was a very reluctant pupil not just in music but also in almost every other subject because the whole concept of anyone trying to educate me or anyone else for that matter in a closed classroom was anathema to me.

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