Mr Willian was a great guy. He was very approachable and willing to help you whenever you needed it and the whole class seemed to really enjoy the lessons he taught. For me he was very inspirational in developing my love of maths. He brought the subject alive for me through some interesting games and activities. 'Lobster Pots' where you're stranded on an island and need to earn enough money from catching lobsters to get home has stuck with me to this day.
But it wasn't just him teaching maths which made him great. He really seemed to care about every student he came in contact with. At lunch times he'd welcome you in to class room and he'd chat with you and offer advice for problems you may be facing and he really helped one of my mates who wasn't espeically great at maths.
He was actually an inspriation to me to actually go in to teaching myself. And though I didn't teach for long, I do hope that I put in to practice some of what I learnt from Mr Willam all those years ago about what made him a great team. I also happened to find out that some people I trained to be a teacher with had Mr Willam as their mentor. So I asked them to get the 'Lobster Pots' game off him and played it with my classd. So you never know who you might come across when teaching...and you never know who you might inspire either :D!!