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World Teachers’ Day – 5th October 2020 – more appreciations-by Manilka Wijesooriya Source:Stcobasydney We have dedicated the past month on teacher tributes as a lead up this commemorative day. We bring you 4 more ‘back-to-back’ appreciations on Mr. Brookie D’Silva, Mr. Rajan Asirwatham, Mr. S.J. Anandanayagam and Mr. George Ponniah The Prep School song includes the lyrics “we will cherish the days of our youthful years, to the life that lies before us”.  In another great song, from Rev. Boyer Yin, we have the lyrics, “We’ll always remember, wherever we may be, the school of our boy-hood, the school by the sea. And we always will cherish the friendships fine and free, that we made at Saint Thomas’, the school by the sea.” These lyrics come to mind as I write, our youthful years and beyond, we revered our teachers who were our mentors and became our friends. I searched ...