There are a lot of things going on in people's lives that affect kids going to school, but education is the most important thing that determines happiness and success, and we must treat it with the importance it deserves—not just academic subjects but going to school builds relationships. They learn how to get on with people, along with the sporting and the cultural activities. It's hugely important to students when they're developing their own identity and creating a thriving community. When I went through teachers college in the early 1980s, one of my best lecturers said to us all, "Just remember that the majority of a student's learning is done outside of the classroom." A teacher's role is a complex mixture of passing on academic, pastoral, and life skills to ensure that students have the ability to face what the big wide world has to offer when they leave.