When, how, and why did you choose the teaching profession?
I don’t remember ever specifically wanting to be a teacher. I chose to study American Studies and Physical Education at college because I was interested in both subjects — I really liked English in high school and I also did many kinds of sports. Gymnastics was my major.
While I was spending a month at my high school as a trainee, I realized that I both enjoyed and was able to teach. However, it was only a few years later, after my first two sons were born, that the time came for me to become a teacher at a Waldorf school.
Why did you choose the Brit–Magyar School?
I wanted to challenge myself in an international environment and I also liked the idea of being part of a new school where I could make use of my 16 years of experience.
What does an ideal lesson look like for you?
An ideal lesson should be enjoyable for both the students and the teacher, while giving children the opportunity not only to make progress in the curriculum but also to learn more about themselves.
What is the most important thing you’d like to pass on to your students?
To care for one another and for our environment, to be able to work as a team, to think positively, to find the good in others, to express their feelings and thoughts appropriately, and to listen to each other.
How do you motivate students to learn?
I truly believe that if I help them maintain their curiosity, learning will come naturally. It’s also important for me to show them what they are good at and to help them believe that there are no wrong answers — only individual thoughts that can be expressed freely without fear of judgment.
What do you love most about teaching?
The children — and their wonderfully different ways of seeing the world around them.
Your favourite quote:
“Though I may have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have faith so great that I could move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:2