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Overview'Twenty five years a teacher. If I'd committed a double murder I'd have done less time.' A scrabrously funny look inside the classroom from a teacher who has had enough of a system that is on its knees and with morale at rock-bottom. Intoning his mantra of 'July, July, July!' the anonymous author still a serving secondary school teacher ranges over his teaching career from his student practice to the present day: from colleagues praying for a minor heart attacks so they can get six months paid leave and a foot in the door of early retirement, to the increasing alienation of young people and the alarming rise in mental health issues and self-harming. Reasoning that it's either laugh or cry, this teacher does both. Heartfelt and seriously funny, Class War is a diary account written as therapy, and an inside look like no other at the pressure-cooker that is a secondary school. Hilarious, heart-breaking and impassioned, this is a book about the value and importance of good teachers and good schools in a world where lack of resources and ever increasing demands place intolerable strains on them, Class War is a heartfelt portrait of the profession of teaching and a state education system where no one should be left behind but too many are. Full Product DetailsAuthor: AnonymousPublisher: Biteback Publishing Imprint: Biteback Publishing ISBN: 9781785906879ISBN 10: 1785906879 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 15 June 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsFunny, infuriating, joyous and heartbreaking - the day-to-day life of a school teacher brilliantly captured by someone who cares. - Roddy Doyle """Funny, infuriating, joyous and heartbreaking - the day-to-day life of a school teacher brilliantly captured by someone who cares.""- Roddy Doyle ""In among the snarls and bites and cutting humour there is clear compassion for his pupils, and a deft polemic against an education system unfit for its purpose."" - Julia Bueno, TLS" Author InformationThe Author has spent twenty-five years teaching English and History: English, because that is his discipline; History, because he once covered for a colleague who never came back. Unlucky in love, he now lives in Belfast with his mother and her two dogs, Sweetie and Cuddles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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