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What teaching taught them
Fraser McKay Computing Teacher, St John Ogilvie High School
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"There's a kind of energy in a school...There's a buzz about it."
Nadia Farooq Biology and ASN teacher, West Calder High School
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"I don't know who learns more...they're teaching me things about myself that I didn't know."
Alasdair MacPhee Gaelic medium primary teacher, Bun-sgoil Chnoc a’ Chonaisg (Whinhill Primary School)
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"I once worked with a teacher who said that the teacher was the absolutely best resource we had for keeping Gaelic alive. I think about her words often to keep myself going!"
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