Responding to an article by midlife career changer Lucy Kellaway, Marie Davis reflects on her rewarding late entry into teaching, but Jason Jawando and Matt Cole sound a note of caution. Plus letters from Rev Jennifer Hall and Rev Paul Hutchinson on late ordinations and James Kelso on a brilliant art teacher
Bravo, Lucy Kellaway, for changing careers midlife (Leaving burnout behind: the pain and pleasure of starting a new career in my 50s, 14 July). Initiation by fire, I suspect, especially in secondary schools. I also took the plunge almost 25 years ago and entered primary teaching at 50 when my last child entered school.
Downside – the tiredness, sheer exhaustion when you could sleep for a week at the end of term. Positives – how long have you got?
