Teacher Man: Diaries of Life Inside a Primary School

George Pointon asks his class a lot of questions. What do you want to be when you grow up? What do you reckon your parents do while you’re at school? Can you put that down, please? JJ, the stapler – can you put it down?

He’s also got a few for himself: what is he doing here? Who was he kidding, thinking he could teach?

But the course of true professional fulfilment never did run smooth, and there’s no backing out...