An actress in the making

Who was your most influential teacher? Why?

The most influential teacher I ever met was, strangely enough, not a teacher of mine but of my children. I had the privilege of witnessing this woman’s incredible ability to totally engross all of the children she taught in her lessons.

I worked at the school as a teaching aid for reading and writing purposes with the children that needed the extra support and so I often saw the class in progress. The children always looked captivated as she read stories, explained math or rolled up her sleeves ready for the next art project.

She had a rare way about her, even if she had to tell a student off she did it in such a way that there were no sassy comebacks simply an acknowledgement of what she said.

She was also a lovely soul, with a unique way. Her name was Morag, she was a person I will always remember with fondness and admiration.