Secret Teacher: We need our education system to change with the times

"We need to respect the child who wants to become a plumber or a beautician, as well as the child who wishes to become a doctor or an engineer. Why? Because we need them."

The Leaving Certificate exams are a remnant of a turbulent past, but change is happening. Photo: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

‘First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.’

This is Norman Crowley speaking, an innovative Cork-born businessman, dubbed Ireland’s Elon Musk. Crowley and his company Crowley Carbon are changemakers. Crowley has a passion for building electric cars. He’s creating Irish jobs and championing Irish enterprise. He also wants to save the planet.