Was there a teacher who changed your life? Birmingham remembers on Thank a Teacher Day

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To mark Thank a Teacher Day, we ask people in Birmingham if there was a teacher who made a real difference in their life - and what impact they had on them.

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00:00Oh, I like this question. So I've got two. I've got one from primary, one from secondary.

00:06I've got primary, Mr Mills. That was my year six teacher.

00:10Teachers are so impactful in children's life. I don't think people understand

00:14because we're there majority of the day.

00:17There was a guy when I was in college called Trevor.

00:21Trevor Britton, actually. I was in Bristol College then.

00:25And he did make a good impression on me.

00:30Really encouraged me to try and better myself.

00:36I can mention there was Mrs Warren from primary school.

00:42I was really close to Mrs Warren from my primary.

00:45She was just like, she really let me open up and got my confidence built up

00:50because I was like one of the shyest kids in school probably.

00:53But she made me feel so welcome.

00:57And I just, my confidence went up because of her.

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