Irish Teacher: Exam markers are opting out because they’re sick of being undercut, ignored and gaslit

According to teachers I interviewed, the experience of marking exams is unsustainable
Irish Teacher: Exam markers are opting out because they’re sick of being undercut, ignored and gaslit

"The saddest thing in all of this is that children are the ones suffering most."

The process of ageing is compassionately slow, save for occasional harsher moments.

I had one this week when a softly spoken South African optometrist described how the human eye degenerates over time, before telling me I need varifocals.

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