AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

Trucking beats teaching...

20th July 2000, Page 9
20th July 2000
Page 9
Page 9, 20th July 2000 — Trucking beats teaching...
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Utopia, Ings, Seabrook

NA Teacher turned owner-driver David Stride says he now suffers far less stress and describes his new career as "my idea of heaven on earth".

lie was responding to drivers who warned head teacher rim Gann, who is making a similar job switch, that there is nothing more stressful than life an the road (CRI3-19July).

Stride owns his own truck and works exclusively for Eastloigh-based Seabrook International, spending an average of three or four days a week driving around France.

He describes every trip as "a continental holiday" adding: "The road to this Utopia is challenging and strewn with pitfalls but worth the effort Involved."

By contrast, he says, teaching Is an endless round of meet

ings, assessment, curriculum changes and reports, making stress levels intolerable.

Stride's wife Pam, who has remained a teacher, says her husband gave up teaching woodwork in a Southampton secondary school 12 years ago. "He is a much nicer person than he was then," she says.

ill For a feature on Tim Gunn see CM3-8 August.

Tags

People: David Stride, Pam
Locations: Eastloigh

comments powered by Disqus