| Summary: | Presenter Peter Curran elicits more great stories from a group of top teachers about the pupils who ve had the biggest impact on them, and from whom they ve learnt the most. We hear about the inspiring ambition of pupils from deprived backgrounds, the frustration and pleasure that resulted in trying to convert too-cool-for-school inner-city London pupils to the joys of learning. The feelings of responsibility that rest with the teacher when the home environment is filled with stress and suspected aggression from a parent, and the transforming effect that such a child can have on a teacher. There's the tale of how some unmotivated pupils were transformed by working alongside older pupils on the school farm, and became an inspiration for fellow pupils and other teachers, and a look at how inspiration can result from taking risks to get results from difficult pupils. The panel of teachers are: Simon Horrocks, Claire Willis, Christopher Jenner Cole and Howard Wood.
Presenter Peter Curran teases out some great stories from a group of top teachers about the pupils who ve made the strongest impression on them, and from whom they ve learnt the most. The free-flowing and personal conversation powerfully reminds us of the impact individual pupils can have on their teachers. We hear about the girl with autism who played a unexpected part in a school drama and inspired a change in teaching philosophy; the pupils who inspired a teacher to employ straight-talking rather than vague assurances to avoid hurt feelings. On the other side of inspiration is frustration and we hear examples of pupils who tested the boundaries, like the boy who thought releasing a clutch of live frogs into an English lesson would enhance the learning experience. Teachers Susanna D Oyly, Robert Barber MBE, Jonathan Heeley and Claire Willis provide the touching and amusing testimony.
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