Many years ago, I taught a child who was deaf. No one knew he was deaf, not even his parents, so we all acted as though he could hear. If you've ever put your fingers in your ears and tried to have a conversation with someone, that's what it's like to be deaf. If they're … Continue reading Behind every story…
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School – the best days of your life?
'Even Michael McIntyre never had to perform for 6 hours solid,' says Fran Hill, author of new book Miss, What Does Incomprehensible Mean? released tomorrow, 21 May. But can teaching really be that hard? Charting the life of a secondary English teacher over the course of an academic year, the book is testament to the … Continue reading School – the best days of your life?

