Forty-two years ago, having newly graduated, I commenced a post-graduate Diploma in Education course at Edinburgh University to qualify as an English teacher. My older daughter, having worked in retail management for the five years since graduating, has newly started the same process at Glasgow University.
I never pushed her to teaching but am delighted she has chosen what remains one of the most intrinsically rewarding careers imaginable. My only brief disappointment came when a couple of former colleagues, on hearing that she was considering teaching, urged me to dissuade her. That says something about the pressure under which teachers today operate.
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