03/08/2020
Life-ruining, fun-sapping dictators of the classroom who force-feed Shakespeare onto the unwilling – yep, you aren’t always the most popular person when you’re at the front of a classroom.
However, for every day you are the enemy of the kids, there is twice as much time that you are their hero and you will be fondly remembered for the rest of their lives.
Many people often recoiled in horror when I told them my job: ‘Oh, I could never do that!’ they would exclaim with a shudder.
But while the work is full on, the pressure is huge and the abuse can be constant, teaching really is the best job in the world.