(Un)educated
My Life as a Teacher, and Why You Should Never Become One
$60.06
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2026
Summary
The class weren’t laughing with me, they were laughing at me and there is no lonelier place for a comedian or teacher to be in. The lesson was over and everyone knew it. I looked down and realised that my flies were undone.
Welcome to teaching.
Welcome to the reality of what it’s really like to be a teacher - the pure, unvarnished truth of what it means to stand in front of a group of thirty kids and try and get them to do some work. It’s not the inspirational vision you see i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349021508 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349021503 |
| Author: | Francis Foster |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Francis Foster
Francis Foster is a stand-up comedian, teacher and co-host of the culture and politics show Triggernometry. In this podcast, that has over 1.2m subscribers, he interviews guests about the important issues that are affecting our culture, including Richard Dawkins, Africa Brooke, Stephen Fry and Neil deGrasse Tyson. He also hosts the podcast Francis Foster Sorts Your Life Out and has a successful Substack. As a stand-up comedian, he’s performed across the globe and opened for the likes of Eddie Izzard, Jeff Garlin and Paul Chowdhry, with a lot of his comedy focussing on his ‘challenging’ years as a teacher. He now lives in Crouch End, ‘with all the other media tossers in London’.
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