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Learning how to say 'no'!

NQTs
The age old problem for young teachers is feeling confident enough to say no. Our NQT diarist has made a resolution to say no more often and this week had her first opportunity...

Last week I spoke of my New Term Resolution to get to grips with “that class”. Today I am going to share another resolution with you – to learn how to say “no”.

Let’s face it, every NQT has been advised at some point during our training to learn to say no. This piece of age-old wisdom was probably bestowed upon you by the wonderful colleague who somehow manages to breeze in at 8:30am fresh as a daisy and look perpetually chilled throughout the day while you are rushing around pulling your hair out and trying to cope with just the two cups of coffee before 9am to quell the shakes.

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