The student, outwardly respectful, obedient and hard working, yet inside critical and full of resentment, despising the rigours of the work and the knowing gaze of the teacher. The teacher, outside wise, unattached, strong and bountiful, yet inside a pathetic two year old, craving love and intimacy, and above all recognition. Nothing is ever what it seems, and neither should it be, because each appearance always conceals its opposite. This is the pathology of the student teacher relationship, a relationship that should be pushed to its limit – its point of failure – the point where its interior becomes exposed – the point where it readily flips into some sort of perverse role reversal – the slave becomes the master, etc. The success of the relationship lies in each understanding its dynamics and then letting it run its course.