I was getting into trouble, smoking weed and bunking off school.”
How many times do teachers encounter scenarios such as this, and sigh in resignation, imagining what comes next – wasted potential and a future that is dull at best, or grim at worst?
The young person who said this to me, however, went on to add: “Now I’m working hard so I can become a fireman.”
A much happier story, I think all teachers would agree. But turnarounds like this don’t typically materialise out of thin air – more usually, they are the result of dedicated intervention work from a teacher, parent or social worker, often over the course of months.
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