Last Thursday, Greta and I went to Paris for a friend's wedding. We arrived in the city at around 6 pm and got on a crowded metro train at Gare du Nord. Squashed in with all the commuters going home after a day's work, I looked up to see a girl smiling at me...
It only took one second for me to realise who it was. Claire!
Back in 1999, in the old school in Camden, I was teaching one of the nicest ever groups of students. It was one of those classes that just clicked. Everyone got on well with each other, there was lots of laughter and learning and even the teacher (me!!) looked forward to the lessons every day.
Others in the class included Luana, Francesca, Serge, Jitka...
Claire must have been 18 or 19 at the time and was very shy when she arrived in London as an au pair. Bumping into her on the metro only gave us a few quick minutes to say hello and catch up. It was wonderful to see a confident Claire who is now... a teacher!
It's great to find out what happened to ex-students - if you want me to put your story on this blog for others to read then send me an email via the school website.
Regards,
Stuart Rubenstein
