It wasn't me, miss - Cynthia Willey

You've planned your lessons down to the last minute, yet students can be intent on being disruptive, misbehaving or simply out to wind you up. There's a lot that can go wrong - especially in science and chemistry - if students don't listen to or follow instructions. All too often it's a case of in one ear and out the other. You need eyes in the back of your head, together with an almost psychic ability to anticipate disaster and know how to avoid it.Cynthia Willey recounts her experiences of nearly thirty years on the frontline as a teacher in sixth forms, schools and colleges. From international field trips and firearms, to experiments that went wrong with explosive consequences, find out how she lived to tell the tale.