Life's unexpected detour

The 'reluctant' teacher: The writer with some of her students after her last Maths class.

I WILL never take on a job as a teacher.” I still remember these words that I often said when I was still in secondary school. I never thought the statement would come back to bite me.

At the beginning of the year, I was a fresh college graduate, having completed my pre-university studies and simply wanting a break (and some soul-searching) before really settling down to university life.