Bristolians Discuss: Was there a teacher who made a real difference in your life?

Today we talk about all things teachers. We ask: Was there a teacher who made a real difference in your life — and what impact did they have?

Transcript

00:00So, Wednesday is National Thank a Teacher Day, is there a teacher that perhaps made a difference to your life that you can think of?

00:07No. No, no, really not, no.

00:11I mean, you know, I don't know, like maybe when I first started school in 1984, there was a teacher called Mr Bell who was quite wonderful.

00:18But I mean, yeah, no, after that, my experience of school wasn't one, I can't think of any teacher that I think was any good.

00:28I do, however, know a teacher now who is very, very good, a teacher called Ms Dooley in London.

00:37She's an art teacher, Ella Dooley, and she makes a massive difference.

00:41No, none of them, because all my teachers were, they were nice people, but I never went to school.

00:51I was always like, you know, we didn't have a, it was like, no, I don't want to be at school.

00:57I was one of those kids, I didn't want to be at school.

01:00That means I can't tell.

01:01That means I want to be there.

01:02Absolutely.

01:05OK, so we used this.

01:08And now I've been here.

01:09I'm down here.

01:12Just a little bit.

01:13I can get a little bit in shoes just to let this person goeste up.

01:15I noticed that some people will do your work especially there, man, like you will do.