Secondary English

Like many other teachers, I was heavily inspired by my own English teacher at school who once called me an ‘oxymoron’. His style of teaching is what made me the teacher I am today. However, teaching wasn’t always my end goal in life! My original 
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In my career as an educator, I have held a variety of different roles teaching English and PE. I started my journey as a TA at the secondary school I attended as a teenager (which was interesting!) and then went on to become a qualified 
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I have always loved English, and even now I can never pass a bookshop without buying more books than I could possibly read. However, becoming an English teacher caught me quite by surprise. Over a decade ago, I found myself volunteering at a local school 
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My journey began in 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was completing a teaching practical at a prominent all boys high school when I was approached by the headmaster and asked if I was interested in taking on a permanent post teaching English and History, 
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I am immensely proud of every student I have had the privilege to work with. Every day, teachers get to see a win. Sometimes they are the big moments, but mostly they are the small, blink and you will miss them glimmers of magic, and 
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