Having had to pull out of the final year of my degree in Teaching {BA Hons (+QTS)} at Canterbury Christchurch University College owing to financial issues, my life went in a different direction. An unexpected opportunity redirected my thoughts back to teaching and I successfully taught English to students for the past five and a half years. I have also trained youngsters in sports and mathematics, and enjoy the challenge of crossing the language barrier to allow anyone to enjoy English as much as they can. Confident to challenge the norm, I like to bring my personality to any area where I feel a more charismatic approach is needed, although being English I am (of course) a stickler for rules and regulation.