A Teacher’s Tales of Classroom Hell
The eye-opening No1 best-seller about teaching in an ordinary British school, where the kids get drunk, beat up the teachers and take drugs – when they can be bothered to turn up.
It's Your Time You're Wasting is the blackly humorous diary of a year in Frank Chalk’s life. He confiscates porn, booze and errant trainers, fends off angry parents and worries about the conscientious pupils whose lives and futures are being systematically wrecked, recording his experiences in a funny and readable book.
He offers top tips for dealing with unruly kids, is open about the shortcomings of the staff and even spots the occasional spark of hope amid all the despair.
Prepare to be horrified and amused by the unvarnished truth about the bottom end of Britain’s state education system.
‘Addictive and Ghastly’
The Times
‘Frank Chalk's witty warts-and-all descriptions have won him thousands of teacher fans’
Times Educational Supplement
‘A searing first-hand account of what teachers have to contend with every day’
Emma Lee-Potter, Sec Ed Magazine