Anyone who has taught exam preparation classes for any length of time knows the challenge. These classes are often high stakes, often high pressure and often become repetitive. Students feel the weight of what’s ahead of them, teachers feel responsible for results and courses can slip into a relentless cycle of practice tests, feedback and more practice.
So, what, you are no doubt asking yourself, does this have to do with stories that are thousands of years old?
Classical myths have endured because they speak to something deeply human. They are stories about ambition, struggle, curiosity, failure, perseverance and . . .
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