When I came into teaching 20 years ago I was asked in interview what I could bring to the life of the school beyond teaching my lessons. There was an expectation I would want to be involved in doing something. As a slightly nervous candidate I remember sweating over what to say.
I had played a little rugby at school, messed around on a surfboard or two, and worked in many hotels. In the end I mumbled something about helping with the Duke of Edinburgh or starting a debating club.
To an extent I need not have worried. Within a year I was doing all manner of things. I had organised trips, brought visitors in to school, came in during the holidays to paint my classroom with some of my more notorious students, and even stepped onto the rugby field. In those days it was just what you did.
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