Diary of a Teacher

This was the goal.  From the day I made my decision to apply for teacher training, the ultimate goal was of course to get to my NQT year. It was to achieve the grades I needed at A-Level in order to get into my first choice uni and once there, to thrive and graduate.  Check. Tick. Done. So why do I really feel like teaching is the only profession where I don't feel 'celebrated' and welcomed by everyone? I am so proud of getting this far through education and to also have landed the job that I wanted in the first school I interviewed at, but is just doesn't seem like a shared excitement. This awareness first started close to home, where my cousin's husband was upset that his son was being taught by a "new, inexperienced, child"...... translation: a 21 yr old NQT.  I mean... he was having this moan about it to me. Knowing full well I was in my final year of the same profession and this "new, inexperienced, child" was soon to be me. Appare