its been great being teached by you

its been great being teached by you is a collection of stories from Andrew Macalpine’s thirty-five years of teaching. Full of humour, horror and surprises, his stories make up an experience that will have been replicated by many teachers working in challenging inner city secondary schools.

From a headteacher losing his temper when pipes have been pulled off a toilet wall causing flooding, to a teenage student stealing a London Transport double decker bus - and crashing it.

Inspectors and inspections cause stress leading to a deliberately disabled fire alarm and an inspector's car stolen by a student. Another insists a door leading to a six-foot drop is kept unlocked. A young member of staff caught smoking is mistaken for a student.

And many more…