For most people who manage to become a lawyer, that’s a massive achievement, and the hefty paycheck that can come with a career in law is a pretty good motivator to keep continuing in that line of work. For Mouhssin Ismail though, his biggest achievement in life is not his fancy former career with a six figure salary- it’s what he did when he decided to quit that will forever define his career.
Ismail left his position at his law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and decided to become a teacher in his old inner-city neighborhood instead. From there, he worked his way up, and is now currently the headmaster at Newham Collegiate Sixth Form, a school that caters to some of the poorest neighborhoods in the country. While inner-city schools are always known for providing success for its students in post- high school education, he’s managed to get 190 of 200 graduating students into Russell group universities in his first year (top research-intensive universities in the UK).
Of those, 9 have been offered spots in Oxford or Cambridge, and one student named Tafsia Shikdar has been offered an unconditional acceptance from MIT with a scholarship worth £200,000 to pay for her education. Absolutely incredible!
“I am immensely proud of what they have achieved. For many of these students the idea of going to Oxford or Cambridge or Bath, Manchester or Bristol would have been inconceivable two years ago. Now it is within touching distance,” he told the Evening Standard.
So what exactly has been the secret to these students success?
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