 RF Mackenzie wrote and published three books, often referred to as 'the trilogy', while he was headteacher at Braehead Junior Secondary School in Buckhaven.In April 1974 he was dismissed from his headteacher post in Summerhill Academy in Aberdeen following public criticism of his liberal approach to school discipline, particularly his ban on corporal punishment of girls in the school.RF Mackenzie wrote his own story of the events at Summerhill Academy, which led to his dismissal as headteacher.