Ghost of a flea: An education special

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December 08, 2004

An education special

From the Secret Diary of a School Teacher.

I am a maths teacher in a 'bog standard' comprehensive school. In the autumn of 2002 I kept a full diary of a week's lessons, and this is an edited version of it. What follows is a description of each lesson: I have not embellished or exaggerated anything, or imported any apocryphal incidents.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 8, 2004 05:47 AM

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Good grief!!

Posted by: -keith in mtn. view at December 8, 2004 11:22 AM

If I'd ever _wanted_ to be a "publik skool teecher" this would be more than enough to cure me of any such desire. Yikes!

Posted by: Nicholas at December 8, 2004 02:47 PM