This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting: The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller from the hilarious teacher duo and podcast hosts, the Two Mr Ps

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The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming new book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) Having seen and loved Lee and Adam Parkinson when I saw them on This Morning, and having experience of volunteering in Early Years education and teacher training, I was expecting to love this book - but unfortunately, I found it disappointing. Yes, there are some *fabulously* funny stories, and there are some *fantastic* observations on what's wrong with the funding, administration and observations of teaching; there's no doubting the dedication and love of teaching the personable Parkinson brothers have: and most teachers will be nodding in agreement with their recommendations. How very appropriate that it was my friends bday and a teacher. She loves their podcast so thought the new book was appropriate. What a read. I spent most of my time laughing out loud while reading this. It perfectly sums up the life of a teacher and I recognised a lot of things that I've said and experienced in the classroom. I have no doubt that many teachers (primary particularly) will recognise many of the scenarios appearing in the book.

This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting: Classroom Confessions

A few minor points on SPAG though because, as a teacher, you have to be entirely bulletproof on this or you get your audience twitching in horror or delight. Join in on the classroom antics as they share the unexpected pitfalls of online teaching, all the reasons you need a strong stomach to take on Early Years and why not every household item makes a suitable Harry Potter wand … Inevitably, some stories involve bodily functions and items that belong in an adults only environment but somehow found their way into 'Show and Tell' sessions. Teachers didn't always realise what some items were for, leading to huge embarrassment when enlightened by colleagues.This is their 2nd book but isn’t a direct sequel to Put A Wet Paper Towel On It (I haven’t read the first one) For books with (genuinely) funny stories of school life you should consider reading Gervase Phinn which are much better and are actually very funny!! I have loved every minute of this book, from Show & tell to Pandemic (being a parent during that time.) to “o moments” and to everything else. I have nodded my head to all the parts I can see happening in my school or what I’ve been through. I have sniggered to myself and my son asking “are you okay?” To cringing and saying “oh my goodness.” Out loud 😂😂

This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting: The SUNDAY TIMES

The way these two tell a story is a huge part of why I enjoyed this so much! I flittered between audio and digital, and the narration version had me laughing loudly whilst hanging out the washing. Lee and Adam are a delight, both in audio and text, I can wholeheartedly say this book isn't to be missed, even if you've not read the first book or don't teach or have kids. Some practices adopted during the pandemic, such as the introduction of digital teaching platforms, have led to positive changes in education; however, resistance remains. Lee and Adam Parkinson's second book has a similar diet to their first, an inside look at education based on their popular podcast Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast).

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This is your own time you’re wasting’ is an amusing tale written about teaching, published by two brothers, both of which are primary school teachers. Anecdotes of primary school life from Lee (teacher) and Adam (HLTA).. The brothers have a podcast Two Mr Ps in a pod (cast) and the book is set out in this style. They recount various parts of school life that have happened to them or their listeners. A real laugh out loud book.