Diary of a schoolteacher: Thank God those long summer hols are finally over [Independent.ie]
- Published: 01 September 2010
It's great to be back at work! I take a deep breath and breathe in that unique cocktail of adolescent hormones, chip fat and urinal cakes that is the school smell -- oh baby, that feels real good!
No, I haven't gone mad, and yes, you might think that 10 weeks of paid vacation sounds like paradise but if you had the bad luck to be me, you'd change your mind.
The problems begin at home -- the site of my past three months of confinement.
Mrs Grade has never passed on an opportunity to hold forth on how teachers are given too much free time over the summer.
I think she feels threatened by my innate air of authority, honed over the years in the classroom, and the fact that those early days of the summer break present me with a chance to encourage our kids to get up and get out there and do stuff.
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