"That’s teaching for you – it’s the greatest job in the world.”
An old text message from my dad, the headteacher, was a phrase never forgotten as I embarked on my first year of teaching.
Depending on the circumstances I found myself in this year, the phrase seemed to always be appropriate. I either thought upon it fondly as a message of encouragement (such as when watching students progress as a direct result of my teaching or gaining experiences that they wouldn’t have otherwise had).
Or I would see the quote transform into a sarcastic retort (such as when I had a stack of marking concaving my desk, a line of eager parents to see, and yet again reprographics had “lost” my worksheets).
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