Autor: Paul Mills

Don Roberts was a dedicated teacher. Despite being regarded as a problem child during his own schooldays, at the tender age of eight, he made an irrevocable decision to become a teacher. At his city school schoolwork proved to be far too easy, thus boring, so he applied his endless energy to mischief and sport. Three months spent in a one-teacher school when eight years of age, proved to be a revelation. He enjoyed the daily fun, loved the challenge of progressing at his own rate, and gained pleasure from helping other children, which was both allowed and encouraged. Not only did he decide then to be a teacher, he began to plan how he would teach through observation of what he liked about his uncle at the one-teacher school, and his sports master, his boyhood hero. As a student teacher, aged sixteen, he formalized his teaching philosophy, modifying a little through teaching experiences throughout his career.