[Nyasa Times] As is always the case during this time of the year, when all roads lead to our tobacco auction floors, the ridicule I stomach from my good friend Zikomo Matope for still clinging to my teaching gets heightened ten-fold. Since his retirement from the civil service last year as a police officer, he insists that, in this day and age, it is unreasonable to keep on breaking the chalk until one reaches mandatory retirement age.