I had my feedback from my observations today. The news is in: I am amazing at getting kids into the room and spotting chewing gum. Nailed it. I am THE perfect teacher. So close and yet so far... The issues begin after I get the kids into the room. Who would have thought it? This is my downfall. I ask for silence...and I get noise. I ask kids questions; they give me incorrect answers and I fluff around the fact that they're incorrect so as not to hurt their feelings. Whose education am I hurting? Theirs. Who am I failing? Them, myself, the world! It's over. Done for. Only, it isn't because I'm a stubborn fool who is determined to stick around and succeed...eventually! Hey there. I am a 25-year-old NQT teacher in an English department in England; that's as specific as I'm going to be for now. I'm in my fifth week of teaching and it is not a joke; even though my life is and so am I. To begin with, I have never heard so many unknown -to me- words in ...