Are you considering a career in teaching? This book explores and exposes some of the many myths surrounding the lives of teachers in our schools today. A teacher in inner city Merseyside for over 30 years, MARK THOMAS offers a balanced, and often humorous, overview of what is good, and not so good, in the world of education today. This book is aimed at anyone who is (even half-heartedly) considering a career in teaching and -hopefully - helps them to decide whether 'life at the chalk face' is really for them. Beginning with a suitability questionnaire, the author frankly answers all of those questions that you have always wanted to ask teachers: - 'do you really finish work at 4pm?'; 'why are teachers leaving the profession?'; 'how well do you get paid?'; 'do you really work in your holidays?' The final section examines the qualifications needed to be a teacher and details some of the entry routes available in the UK today.