I went into teaching because I figured that was the best way for me to make a difference. Screaming out for help as a teen and no-one caring: I want to be the teacher who cares. I want to be the teacher who sees huge scabs on someones arms and asks how they got hurt. I want to say "that's out of character for you, do you want to talk?" and not tell the person they are stupid for doing something so wrong.

Needed quite a bit of counselling to get over the fact that teachers are all trained to spot this and legally have to do something, even if it was in its infancy when I was at school, people dropped the ball in a big way. I don't want that to happen to anyone else. So yeah, I'm doing my course for all the wrong reasons. But if it helps just one person, I'll stay doing it.