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Documenting a Mundane Life
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|February 23, 2025
I am not the kind of woman who dreams of doing things', thinks 51-year-old assistant principal Gail Baines, summoned to the principal's office on a Friday morning in late June and encouraged to do something she'd "always dreamed of."
This isn't a statement designed to solicit our sympathy; Gail is simply bemused—what on earth did her boss imagine she'd want to do?
Marilee is retiring before the new school year in September and hasn't recommended Gail to be promoted to her old position because "social interactions have never been (her) strong point." Surely Gail had dreams of her own.
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