Pursuing teaching as a career has not skipped a generation since the time of my great-grandmother. Small wonder I was destined to follow in their footsteps, and what an exhilarating and at times arduous path it has followed.
It has taken me from teaching positions in high school to primary, from university to intermediate. From Aftica to Europe and to where I currently teach in New Zealand. I have explored science and matematics, literature and social sciences with students from more countries than I can count on my fingers and they have played a pivotal role in assisting me pursue my one great passion, learning.
Being a teacher today comes with a whole new set of challenges (how to g...