Wake up in the dark, go home in the dark. Mark all day, mark all night. You think it can’t get any worse? That was the exact feeling I had this time last year.
If you are reading this as an NQT struggling to keep your head above the water, allow me to give you some good news – allow me to give you my list of 10 things to cheer up a stressed NQT at Christmas.
You may have that feeling of there being no end and often no point, but improving your teaching can come in ebbs and flows – sometimes you dramatically change and seem to grow a foot and other times you have a class that makes you feel that not only should you not be teaching, but that you probably shouldn’t be exposed to other humans.
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