YOU CAN'T STUDY ALL THE TIME
The best way I can explain what I mean is looking at my teacher training. As most of you know, I was at once time a student teacher. A lot of what we do is theory – child development, teaching methods, and so on. Even when you graduate you’re expected to keep up my theoretical reading to stay up-to-date. But if I’d spent all of my time sitting reading the latest teaching practice books and never actually went to a school, I would be a completely useless teacher. I would be the St. Mirren of teachers – I might beat Celtic 1-0 once in a blue moon, but it would be an accident and the rest of the time I would serve absolutely no purpose.