Teaching

BY SPENCER LEWIS

My favourite interview question to ask people who are thinking about going into teaching is to name their most inspirational teacher.

“Who can you remember from when you were at school and why did they have such an impact on you?”

We all have memories of teachers who cared, who were funny, cool and interesting and it is usually those who treated us with kindness and respect that we remember all these years later. Teaching as a job is one that demands the most sophisticated set of interpersonal skills possible. Teachers are imparters of knowledge, role models, counsellors and friends. They not only have to enthuse young people using the most up-to-date technology but they have to challenge, protect and excite in ways never previously imagined.