A few reasons why my fiercely individualistic former sec school principal continues to shape the kind of person I want to be, after all:

(from The Straits Times, Dec 28 2006)

• She had especial distaste for parents who tried to get their daughters into the school through connections and donations
• She decided against introducing the Gifted Education Programme or the integrated programme because she wanted to avoid causing divisions among students
• Rather than working on increasing "cut-off points", all pupils from SC primary who qualify for the secondary Express stream i.e. scoring anywhere above 200 in the PSLE are accepted into the secondary school

She dismissed elitism, emphasized integrity and still has an excellent sense of humor. She also never married and you can't exactly call that a handicap at this stage.