Mr. Austin Vince

Mr. Austin Vince was the math teacher in Season 1 and 2, as well as teaching CCF in Season 1 and automotive repair and scouts in Season 2.

Biography
Mr. Vince is best known for his long distance adventure motorcycle expeditions: twice round the world as part of the Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa trips, which were both produced as TV documentaries. Vince has also written and presented the Routes series on Discovery Channel. He has in the past taught at St. Johns Northwood as a maths teacher. He has also served in the Royal Engineers.

Vince attended the private Mill Hill School in North London then was sponsored through university by the army but became a pacifist while there and had to pay them to get out. After university, he returned to Mill Hill as a teacher and used to teach at St. Johns School in Northwood. He returned for a second stint at St Johns School in Northwood before leaving in 2016 to pursue his passion for motorcycle adventure trips in the Pyrenees.

Personality
Mr. Vince is considered one of the more relaxed teachers that appears in the show, which has made him a favorite among the show’s viewers. Unlike most of the other teachers, he actively tries to maintain a good relationship with the students, even bad students. He also wants his students to enjoy themselves around him. However, he never lets students get away with bad behavior, and quickly sends unruly students away. He believes it prevents the misbehaving student from corrupting the other students. He also likes to make the students laugh and loves to lead by example.

An example of making the class laugh was when he congratulated / praised Richard Mylles for getting 100% (25/25) in the Mathematics 11+ Paper by saying "All hail our new leader, Richard Mylles", "I wrote that you Idiot, Are you Richard Mylles?" and "You're not big, you're just tall." He also made a hilarious comment to Thomas Jewell which made the viewers laugh in Series 1 of That'll Teach Em

An example of Leading by example was during Series 1 of That'll Teach Em. He leaded by example during CCF (Combined Cadet Force) where he was showing the boys how to climb up the walls with the assistance of others.

He is protrayed as an all-loving teacher who is strict but ultimately kind and fair, and does have his jolly moments with the students and maintains a great relationship with most of them.

Pesonal life
Mr. Vince has been married to long distance motorcyclist Lois Pryce, who has completed several notable expeditions of her own.

Season 1
Episode 3


 * (reprimanding Joe McCready after throwing rugby ball at building wall) MCCREADY! STOP! PUT THAT BALL DOWN NOW! (later) Right, McCready. I said you can't play with the ball again today. That was your punishment for kicking it towards the building, and which was obviously when you've got all this land, you can kick a ball anywhere there. No one would say a thing. Yeah? Because you're the lazy, whatever-it-is, inside your brain you though "No, I'll kick it towards the building". And then, afterwards of course, you regretted it. Okay. The line was drawn. I said. Right. Okay, here's the simple sanction; no more rugby ball for you today. Simple, tomorrow, clean slate, start again. BUT NO! THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, IS IT?! Right. What you're going to do now is come with me. Okay, and you're going to stand over here. I need to keep you away from the other children so you don't muck them up. Everyone gets into trouble, McCready. There's all these little things happen. That doesn't matter but if then, when you're on a little bit of a sanction, you then rub our faces in it. I have to do something about it, I cannot let it go, everyone's seen. You're insane! Cannot believe it, now you're in, you've obviously you've just earned yourself a detention which is a load more trouble than you deserved for the initial defense. You brought it on yourself, it's incredible. Right, see this white feather. Sit down there. Okay, and I'm going to be over there with the other people. I want you to stay here. Okay, for about half an hour. I want you to study this horizon here, and I want you in the time that you're alone to reflect on the simple small thing that you did wrong. It was nothing that no one would've remembered, and now I'm really upset, and I’m personally offended. And our relationship has suffered, which it never had to. Stay here and cool down. I'll come back with some water later on. (Note: the scene of Mr. Vince saying "I’m personally offended, and our relationship has suffered, which it never had to" was also reused for the flashback sequence of McCready's punishments and reprimands in episode 4.)