Letter: Teachers are born, not made

Letter: The Conservative leader stated he wanted the highest qualified graduates to be teachers.

My cousin gained a double first at Oxford in mathematics and went teaching in Liverpool.

Within one year in education he left suffering a nervous breakdown. Teachers are born not trained, and it's the same with nurses and policemen.

University education cannot guarantee a natural teacher with good communication skills.

Education is bogged down with bureaucracy and political meddling.

Let the teachers teach, not be left filling in forms.

John R Brown

Shrewsbury