It was only in my final year at Epsom, 2005-06 that I got to know Mr Rice fully. Firstly as a teacher of Economics, and also on the sports field. I enjoyed the Economics so much that I decided to continue it at University, at which point I discovered I did not enjoy economics at all, just that DNR had an ability to teach and communicate in such a way that anything could be enjoyable and interesting.
He managed to strike a balance between being extremely funny, knowledgeable, approachable, humble and respected, not something I've come across in anyone before or since.
In recent years I'd see his name pop up in OE emails and I'd drop his name into Google to check he was still beating the entire county at 70+ athletics events, and of course he always was.
A great man, and a huge loss.
It was only in my final year at Epsom, 2005-06 that I got to know Mr Rice fully. Firstly as a teacher of Economics, and also on the sports field. I enjoyed the Economics so much that I decided to continue it at University, at which point I discovered I did not enjoy economics at all, just that DNR had an ability to teach and communicate in such a way that anything could be enjoyable and interesting.
He managed to strike a balance between being extremely funny, knowledgeable, approachable, humble and respected, not something I've come across in anyone before or since.
In recent years I'd see his name pop up in OE emails and I'd drop his name into Google to check he was still beating the entire county at 70+ athletics events, and of course he always was.
A great man, and a huge loss.
