Terry Pratchett on Being a Teacher
May 22, 2025 06:44

I found this on the Laughing Librarian Facebook page, so I don’t know have the specific source, but it’s too good not to share.

“You sound a very educated man for a barbarian,” said Rincewind.

“I didn’t start out a barbarian. I used to be a school teacher. But I decided to give it all up and make a living by the sword.”

“After being a teacher all your life?”

“It did mean a change of perspective, yes.”

“But … well… surely … the privation, the terrible hazards, the daily risk of death…”

Mr Saveloy brightened up. “Oh, you’ve been a teacher, have you?”

Terry Pratchett