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Zebedee Wakely has climbed mountains, swum with sharks and taken a hit in the chest, all for the perfect shot. “It’s all part of the process,” said the 15-year-old. “If I get the image, it’s worth it.” This month his efforts paid off when he was name...

Bank officer, Justice of the Peace, world traveller ­— Dorothea Butterfield is proud of all she has achieved. She never imagined such a future when she was a teenager. Her family couldn’t afford to send her to high school, so she had to work at 14. ...

The first thing you notice at Perform to Learn preschool is the puppet theatre. The North Street school is all about self-expression and the arts. But since September, in between the puppet shows and the dance, children have been learning more high-t...

Retirement isn’t something 84-year-old Edwena Smith has ever considered. She was a teacher at the Berkeley Institute for 25 years and then worked in insurance. For the past 18 years she’s run a business teaching English as a second language, out of...

Victoria Mello knew she was in for a challenge when she offered to make dresses for orphans. She’d never made one in her life. Still, her final project at Somersfield Academy required her to do something she loved, and she loved stitching. “I had an ...

Susannah Cole loves organising things. Her office supplies are carefully filed and labelled in a multi-drawer toolbox. Her students learn the system before they take a highlighter or stapler — so they know exactly where to return them. “If I wasn’t...

Shirley Pearman used to get a lot of parking tickets. The 77-year-old often lingered too long volunteering at the Bermuda National Gallery. She’s a person who likes to get things done, no matter how long it takes. Eventually she started taking the...

Zina Zuill’s heart broke the day her son brought home a report card full of Fs. No matter how much Solomon agonised over school work, his teachers kept asking him to “work harder”. “I fell into the trap of thinking he was just lazy,” said Dr Zuill. ...

The nursery was filled with junk, unnecessary plastic toys that served no purpose. Forty children, all between the ages of 3 and 6, had the rule of the roost. They were having the time of their lives, running around and screaming; their teachers stru...

Roseller Pia was devastated when he had to leave engineering school early. The Filipino had always dreamt of becoming a ship-builder. But he was the eleventh of 12 children and his father, a farmer, could no longer afford to pay for his education. So...