I taught for 11 years. The kids were THE BEST part of the job. Yeah there were days when we'd say "the kids won" But the rewards from the kids were worth it all. But it was the grownups that drove me out.

Here in the USA I agree with Lizzie's point about how all of these reforms are killing a love of learning. All of the creative things I did in my middle school classrooms (BTW-28 to 34 kids in each class X 5) to turn kids on to the FUN things math does would never be allowed now due to all the teaching to the test.

My latest blog post on this is HERE

Debra Cowan