I believe that everyone is of value and has a purpose in life. I have come to believe that my value lies in my ability to teach and assist others in a supportive capacity. I am often reminded of the importance of what Einstein once said: “Try not to be a person of success, but rather a person of value”

During my 24 years of teaching, I have grown both as a person and as an educator. My passion in life is to not just engage myself with the teaching of subject matter, but also work with the many facets of the human being I am teaching.

I am a firm believer in a holistic approach to education. A good teacher, in my opinion, never forgets what it is like to be a learner – vulnerable, anxious and dependant.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.

In closing I would like to echo the words of the great Nelson Mandela: “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine and that the child of farm workers can become the president of a country”