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CHAPTER 2
Walking Away From The Profession
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05/01/19 10:53
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Teacher's Fantasy - 2
When Teachers Are Fantisising About Injouring Themselves to Get a Sick Day, You Know the Profession is at Breaking Point
Teacher's Welfare - 2
“I wanted to crash my car to avoid teaching,” said the BBC headline, atop the story of a teacher who was so stressed out by her job that she actually considered driving her vehicle into a tree.
I wish I could say that I was shocked by it, but I wasn’t, not even remotely.
I’m the son of a teacher. I’m married to one, and, at one point I considered becoming one. I got to the stage of interviewing for a course at one of the University of London’s colleges.
I can honestly say that, looking back, I’m pleased I didn’t get in.
I’ve spent enough time around members of the profession, and witnessed the effect the job has had on too many of them, to understand how a bad interview can be counted as a lucky break.
I wish I could say that I was shocked by it, but I wasn’t, not even remotely.
I’m the son of a teacher. I’m married to one, and, at one point I considered becoming one. I got to the stage of interviewing for a course at one of the University of London’s colleges.
I can honestly say that, looking back, I’m pleased I didn’t get in.
I’ve spent enough time around members of the profession, and witnessed the effect the job has had on too many of them, to understand how a bad interview can be counted as a lucky break.
When my wife was teaching, she used to get to half terms exhausted having regularly put in 60 hour weeks. Her “holiday” would involve her spending a couple of days wondering around our flat like a zombie before she’d be back at it catching up with the stuff she hadn’t had the chance to get done in term-time.
An entire room of our flat was devoted to box files and paperwork. Continued... [1-3]
An entire room of our flat was devoted to box files and paperwork. Continued... [1-3]