Let That Be a Lesson by Ryan Wilson - ISBN: 9781529113709
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Hilarious, honest look inside teaching: love, lessons, and lunacy.

Let That Be a Lesson

A Teacher’s Life in the Classroom

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    18 September 2022

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Summary

This Is Going to Hurt in the Classroom: A brilliantly warm and funny memoir of ten years in teaching.

A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching.

The malodorous horrors of Sports Day. Bracing yourself for Parents’ Evening. Refereeing teenage relationship dramas…

From the age of eight, Ryan Wilson dreamed of being a teacher. This is the inside story of his time at the chalkface, from fresh-faced trainee with grand ideals to exhausted assistant head bat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529113709
ISBN-10:1529113709
Author:Ryan Wilson
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:18 September 2022
Weight:231g
Dimensions:199mm x 129mm x 19mm
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Critics Review

An ode to teaching: hilarious, inspiring and so terrifyingly true

Not just funny and constantly surprising - but touching, poignant and personal too

– Jeremy Vine
A book spoken from the heart, the heart of a born teacher. In turns, honest, self-deprecating, enlightening, moving, and funny… This is a powerful and important book. – Michael Morpurgo
Brilliant… It’s funny, it’s profound and it’s a cautionary tale – Alastair Stewart
Very funny * Independent *
Laugh out loud funny - every teacher who reads it will cringe with empathy – Laura McInerney
This entertaining memoir of 10 eventful years at the chalkface further illuminates the debt of gratitude we owe teachers * The Bookseller *

About The Author

Ryan Wilson

Ryan Wilson was born and grew up in Northern Ireland where he knew from an early age that he wanted to be a teacher. Straight out of university, he did a PGCE at the age of twenty-one and, after his training, spent five years teaching in a comprehensive school in Essex before leaving for a Head of Department job in London. He loved every aspect of teaching - the planning, the kids, the colleagues, the material, even the marking - but after a decade of budget cuts, hyper-accountability and unsupportive governments Ryan eventually left teaching to go back to university and now works as a radio producer and reporter. He has written about education for the Guardian and the Times Educational Supplement, including taking on the mantle of the Guardian’s Secret Teacher.

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