Dear Chriddi,
I spent years at the highly unprofitable exercise of literary analysis--my graduate school course of study was comparative literature. So, my mind is filled with obscure references--even though the mind may not be able to pull up those references nimbly anymore :))

A comparison to Twain came to me immediately. For example, check out this passage from his autobiography,:

There was a log church, with a puncheon floor and slab benches. A puncheon floor is made of logs whose upper surfaces have been chipped flat with the adz. The cracks between the logs were not filled; there was no carpet; consequently, if you dropped anything smaller than a peach, it was likely to go through. The church was perched upon short sections of logs, which elevated it two or three feet from the ground. Hogs slept under there, and whenever the dogs got after them during services, the minister had to wait till the disturbance was over. In winter there was always a refreshing breeze up through the puncheon floor; in summer there were fleas enough for all.

It's a delicate balance, seeing humor in the exaggerated truth without being cruel.

In your piece only one word struck me as less than ideal: 'sayings', in this line

cannot beat the ironic but very specific sayings of the respective teacher.

There might be an more apt word for that sentence...comments, suggestions, rebuke ...I don't know exactly how you would want to weight the word, to keep it humorous and accurate. 'Sayings' works find, but isn't perfect, I think (personal opinion).

I was delighted to do this exercise. Once there was a writing group at my local library where we used to offer critiques of each other's work. Unfortunately, our group leader passed away (he was 89!) and there was no good replacement.

Hope you don't mind the attention I paid this piece...it really was fun.

Be well, be happy and of course continue to be creative.

Very warm regards and happy Easter,
AG