Who would be a teacher?

Quite honestly, not me.

In the UK, the teaching profession is being put under increasing pressure by the society it's tasked with fostering. Teachers are faced with constant scrutiny. Educators walk on the shifting sands of specifications under the influence of the thinktank du jour. One could be tempted to cling to the only certainty a practicing teacher can rely on: your burden of paperwork will only ever increase.

But last week in Birmingham Alastair Gittner reminded me of the uniqueness of teaching. You are paid to alter the brains of children.