Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is.
I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.
I dont understand boys - just ask my husband.
I cry at everything, even the length of the queue at Sainsbury's.
When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list.