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I love teaching, but I am scared of losing my social life

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Teaching is something our NQT diarist is passionate about, but if she has no time or energy to do anything else with her life, is she anything but a “teacher”?

If you are suffering from the February blues then I suggest you do not read on, as this diary entry is only likely to depress you further.

I think I am having an identity crisis. It all began when I received a text from an old friend inviting me to a catch up. 

“Fantastic!” I thought, but wait, it was on a Sunday night. Given that I now live a three-hour train ride away from all my old friends, I decided to decline on the basis that I needed to be back in London preparing for school the next day.

This makes me sad. Looking back over the past year and a half, I have realised that I can probably count the amount of times I have been out with my old friends on one hand.

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