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Meabh Ritchie
All articles by Meabh Ritchie
Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace remembers his favourite teacher
TV presenter Gregg Wallace didn’t have the easiest time at school – but social studies teacher Mr Evans found a way to engage him
25 February 2011
The day my life changed
It was fine being ‘Bea’ once they knew I wouldn’t be dressed like Danny La Rue
25 February 2011
The day my life changed - I take 29 tablets a day, but being bipolar makes me a better teacher
18 February 2011
My best teacher: Ben Shephard
The TV presenter found that for a `cheeky Essex boy’ the only rival to sport was English
11 February 2011
The day my life changed
We confronted bullying head at last. Her response? She ignored us and went off sick
11 February 2011
‘If you are gay you are just bad’
While British society as a whole may have become less prejudiced in its attitude to gay people, schools remain a stronghold of homophobia. Pupils are the perpetrators, but are teachers to blame for turning a blind eye?
11 February 2011
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