'Love and hope are hard to maintain when new demands from governments and schools leadership rain heavily into classrooms.'
Class acts: Anne Watson says teachers need support
‘Teachers are at the front line of social and health problems.’
by Anne Watson
29th September 2023
For many years I educated teachers in a university. I was delighted to find that, for most applicants, the drive to be a teacher was love – love of working with young people, love of learning, love of a subject, and a desire to work in a nurturing and optimistic atmosphere of hope. The idea that a teacher would be able to ‘give back’ was often mentioned.
