Teachers in our society aren’t viewed as professionals. This really hit home for me when I first saw myself through the eyes of a 14-year old boy. Let me take you into one of my classes a few years ago. I was giving a career-guidance lesson to my 9th graders and somehow university entrance came up. I had just finished explaining about my own Oxford interview experience and acceptance when Charlie, one of the most polite and definitely one of the brightest student I have ever had the privilege of teaching, raised his hand. “Isn’t Oxford one of the b[...]
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