The highs and lows of a teaching career are brought vividly to life in this compelling and often amusing account of life at the chalk face from former teacher, Ryan Wilson. Although generally more wryly amusing than packed full of belly laughs, Wilson's book is nevertheless a good and anyone who has ever attempted a teaching career themselves should find plenty here to relate to. Wilson's book also gives the reader plenty of food for thought on subjects ranging from the after effects of Michael Gove's disastrous stint as Education Secretary to the simple question of why so many talented individuals who seem born to teach are nevertheless often driven out of the profession by a system which increasingly favours the demands of data collection, Ofsted inspections and other bureaucratic obstacles over the needs of the pupils being taught.