I've had a bunch of close friends leave teaching and start working in the private sector. Without fail, every single one of them says they are less stressed, their work/life balance is better, and their mental health is better, even though some are making less money. 1/

“Remember, remember, the 5th of November” Arte de Nuno Sarnadas.

Teachers leaving work on a Friday mentally and physically dead to the world and incapable of life and then only partially recovering by Monday is why we are in the mess we are. Because if you do that time and again, you burnout.

Teachers are you ready for the wave of bile and hate coming your way. They are already laying the groundwork. It’s started. Led by government, pushed and fuelled by the press, and spread mercilessly across social media. You will be described as greedy and lazy…

The proof that strike action is necessary is in the fact that on the strike day, most teachers will inevitably end up either doing some work, or catching up with life admin stuff that we never have time for during term time. #edutwitter

NEU Kevin Courtney hands #kayburley her ass 🔥🔥 As usual Kay defends the government on the #TeacherStrike & attacks a union leader for being on holiday while a meeting was held, turns out minister nick gib was too Tories don’t like workers being able to strike #BBCBreakfast

Teaching is like an escape room. You’re stuck in a room with a group of people. There are puzzles to solve. Some people probably don’t want to be there. Someone does something unexpected. Someone usually doesn’t understand the puzzle. You have to do it all in an hour.

Voter ID is not about electoral fraud. It’s about voter suppression. Don't lose your voice — NUS is offering students free photo ID here: nus.org.uk/photo-id There are no elections in Islington this May, but we must prepare for the future. Defend your right to vote!

THE CALL Imagine having a really important interview that you’ve prepared years for and you badly want to ace. You’ve worked as hard as you could and have committed your life to it. Imagine every night going to bed, wondering if it’ll be the next day. But it doesn’t come that

They make exams and tests harder to make sure that fewer children do well. When the results come out the papers will say that standards are going down, which is teachers' fault and children are becoming stupid. In an election year the govt can say they'll make it all better.

UK politics is suffering from six myths: - Covid is over - Brexit is done and dusted - Neoliberalism works - Inequality is no big deal - Sustainability can wait - We are one nation None is true. But when will politicians come to terms with them?

What life can look like when you’re an undiagnosed Autistic and/or ADHD adult - 🧵

I think perhaps as a profession we expend far too much energy into trying to encourage, enforce and track that pupils read at home. Probably more useful to imagine ‘what would I do if none of my pupils read at home?’ and then start just doing that every day.

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Ppl sometimes ask me, 'Why do you talk about toxicity in education?'. In December 2015, I left a school where I'd ended up making myself ill and needed 6 months out of edu to recover. In some ways, I never did. In Jan 2016, I received the one and only contact I had from my then

The world is finally waking up to the fact that Verstappen cannot reace under pressure with closely matched cars. All he knows is yield or crash, shove other cars off etc etc. Needs a penalty. #F1 #MexicoGP

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I have great news for those who voted for Reform because they want ‘change’…… You probably will get change out of £50K for your heart operation in 5 years.

If the Green Party had the same coverage as Reform it would be them winning in a landslide. But of course the Green Party would actually tax the billionaires, so they won't platform them.