Hidden Lessons

''Beautifully written, Hidden Lessons is both a heart-rending account of the challenges in our education system, and a heart-warming celebration of teachers and students who have triumphed through adversity. The pride Mehreen has for her community and the lives she has touched is palpable.'' - DAVID LAMMY
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You''re in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You''ve got one student who''s a full time carer, another who''s pregnant, and a third who''s just joined a gang. You haven''t got enough textbooks to go around, and one of the parents just called you an ''extremist''. You''ve just gone through a devastating heartbreak and you have to teach Romeo and Juliet to 30 hormonal 14 year olds.

Welcome to life as a teacher.

This is a world that all of us know, but most of us have completely forgotten. It''s a world where you''re working 50 hour weeks, but you''re still just a part-time teacher because the rest of the time you''re a security