Many people have become teachers, thinking it’s going to be like Dead Poets Society or Mr Holland’s Opus. I find it hard to recommend the job to people these days. If those same unions were told by the Government: “Look, the country can’t afford to pay you all more money. Many people have mistakenly gone into teaching thinking it’s going to be like Dead Poets Society or Mr Holland’s Opus. When we had our parting-of-ways in her office, she sheepishly conceded that the sixth-year students spoke very highly of me.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2026 10:31 UTC