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| <strong>CRAWFORD</strong> THEN & NOW | Hall of Fame Meet founding teacher and administrator, Mr. Patrick MacMahon Accolades: • Founding teacher • Deputy Principal • Chief History moderator (1983-2007) • Well-loved teacher • All-round legend Years: Eight years at Greenside High School; 26 years at Crawford Sandton. <strong>2018</strong> marks Mr. MacMahon’s 44th year of teaching! Famous saying: “I’m one of the only History teachers around who can actually remember the Cuban Missile Crisis!” Then: This is where we question the History guru about his Crawford history! Where did it all begin? My Crawford history began in 1992 with Graeme Crawford (founder) and Jeff Wiggle (financial backer)! Of course, the school only opened in 1993, but much work was going on behind the scenes. Then: Where were you situated? We didn’t even have a building at the start! In fact, we began working in Jeff Wiggle’s house, until of course, we got our first office block in Killarney. Now look how Crawford has grown – Sandton and all the schools. 6 | Crawford Times Then: What inspired you back then? Graeme Crawford, he was very inspirational and students as well as teachers followed him from other schools when he opened Crawford. This didn’t make him very popular but he was recruiting the best – staff and students! Then & Now: Crawford was and still is an exciting place to be... It was very exciting back then because it was so different and there were very big ideas and a lot of
passion! I mean, how do you run a sports department from an office block? But we did! Even our first valedictory assembly was an occasion to behold. It was held in the Great Hall of Wits University and Tony Leon was the speaker. We still do things in grand style today. Now: what do you think has been and is the differentiator? It has a lot to do with the thinking. Crawford thinks completely out of the box, where other schools don’t even know where the box is! Did I say that out loud?! Ha, ha, ha... Now: Congratulations on 44 years of teaching (and remaining sane!) You must have changed the way you teach over the years? Yes, we’ve all had to change the ways we teach to remain relevant. For instance, in the old days, we taught about the Battle of Dunkirk with books and stories. Now, we have the benefit of Hollywood and CGI to bring those very important events in history to life! We use that and kids are enjoying history more for it. Now: History has always been one of those groanworthy subjects for the majority of kids! It’s interesting that 81 out of 120 Crawford Sandton matrics are doing History! And 67 Grade 10s! You know, History is a subject that anyone can do if they put the work in – unlike subjects such as Maths or Science, for instance. And here’s an interesting fact: when overseas universities are considering sports bursaries, they insist on a social science subject, which History is. So History has become more popular and is taking students places. And besides that, it is a fascinating subject and students learn to be analytical thinkers. Then & Now: How have students changed over the years? It’s a case of the more things change the more they stay the same.Throughout school history, there have always been diligent students who want to study and others who don’t. What has changed, however, is the attitude towards the “diligents”. In the past, students who were academic were often teased for being nerds, or teacher’s pets, but now, especially at Crawford, students strive to achieve because it’s cool to succeed. Now: Do you remember any “diligents” who have made you proud beyond Crawford? Oh yes, there have been many. Off the top of my head there’s Matthew Brittain (Olympic Gold medallist for Rowing); Gil Oved (Creative Counsel creator), Yusuf Randera-Rees (chief executive officer and co-founder of the Awethu Project) and Dr. Benjamin Rosman (Robotics expert). Then & Now: How has Crawford, as a school, changed over the years? Since we opened, Crawford has become completely multi-cultural. I’m not just talking about race but religion too. Crawford is one of the only schools that recognises and celebrates all religious holidays. Then: Your fondest memory? When we only had about 450 students at Crawford, we used to give each student a little cake for their birthday! Now: What do you love about the school for the kids? I love that every grade goes on bonding tour at the beginning of the year. Umhlanga, Drakensberg, Magalies Park, Mpumalanga and Sugar Bay have Every child a masterpiece | 7
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