Barry Morris

Warrington, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Functional Skills Specialist at HIT Training Ltd

The first positive learning experience I encountered was in the second to last year of school. I was, shall we say, a challenging learner for even the hardiest teacher. As a result I didn't get very far in any of my subject bar one. There was one teacher that could see that my behaviour was a result of what was going on at home and not because I was just being a little darling. Needless to say I got an A* in her subject and won an award for best in the year at that subject. Bless Mrs Mulraney! The moral here is there’s no substitute for a good teacher or tutor. Mr Mulraney knew exactly how to engage with all learners and get the best out of them. This has been my mantra since I started...