As their second week of holiday looms, ink stains fade and the Prozac leaves their system most teachers are reminded just how rewarding their job is if only they could phase out their students. As one relaxing classroom assistant commented: 'It's not that I hate the children, I'm just saying it’s nice to be without my nervous twitch, sense of impending doom and the irrational desire to adopt the foetal position every time I see hear a school bell'.
