Ocupation: Novelist
Life: September 13, 1916 - November 23, 1990
Birthday: September 13
Death: November 23
In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to convince the proud father or mother that their beloved offspring was a complete nitwit.
source: Roald Dahl (1996). “Matilda”, Puffin
topic: Mother, Teacher, Children, Proud Father