It's just a job with Deborah Young

<p>Let's talk about workload! And a whole lot more! </p><p>In this episode, I chat to Deborah Young, my old head of department from my second year of teaching, which was... er... about 15 years ago now! We had such a good chat, most of which wasn't recorded or fit for public consumption, sorry... but the bits we did record were absolute gold, I'm sure you'll agree. </p><p>From teacher workload, to building great relationships with students, to accidentally teaching the wrong vocabulary items (this anecdote actually had me crying with laughter), Debs and I discuss all the important bits of work-life balance. </p><p>The title of the episode "it's just a job" is something she said to me all those years ago and is not meant to be a flippant dismissal of the importance of being a teacher... quite the opposite! It's a positive statement for teachers to understand that teaching, while being an extremely important job, is, at the end of the day, just a job and not worth sacrificing your entire life and health for. </p><p>As always, I'd love to know what you think so get in touch through my website katelanguages.co.uk or on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter (I'm @katelanguages on all 3).</p>