Wow- I'm astonished about what you said about your school and the kids in it! I had this totally skewed notion that your school would be some kind of utopia where kids respect you and don't cause you any hassle. There goes my idea of moving to the country for an easy life!

Basically my school is a real melting pot- you have kids rolling up to school in their parent's BMWs, wearing all the best clothes...and then you have kids literally turning up without decent school shoes on. It's tough, but a nice place to beon the whole, because despite their flaws most of my kids are nice deep down- the hard part is getting them to expose that part of their emotions. Everyone is really run-down at the moment though because the term from October to December is the longest- ten weeks and not one holiday to perk you up. We're all running on empty trying desperately to finish off essays and stuff before we stop for Christmas...I literally cannot wait. Plus, me and my boyfriend are going to Paris for a couple of days between Christmas and New Year- just shows that this teaching lark has it's perks!!