This boy who asked it had spent a great deal of time in my office while he was in year 10, but in his final year he is maturing into the young man we knew he would become.
My reply? “Yes, of course I do. Out of all the jobs I’ve had in schools, this is by far my favourite.”
“But don’t you get sick of dealing with all of us lot?”he asked.
“Actually, dealing with you lot is probably one of the best bits,” I said as I walked off laughing.
Working with students is genuinely one of the aspects of headship that many heads will tell you they enjoy the most – even when the students are not doing what they are supposed to!
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