‘They see me as a bigger version of themselves’: teacher George Pointon on life lessons from five-year-olds

‘They see me as a bigger version of themselves’: teacher George Pointon on life lessons from five-year-olds

From sharing his pupils’ jokes on social media to watching friendships grow, the author of a new book reveals what he learned from the magical and messy world of Year 1

George Pointon sent the tweets without really thinking. He only had a modest 400-odd followers, most of them friends. That term-time Wednesday morning, he’d asked his Year 1s to share their best jokes for the class. “And what they were saying,” he explains, “was just so funny, I wanted to document it somewhere, so I wouldn’t forget.” During his lunch break he posted a thread, setting out what each child had offered, alongside brutally blunt reviews, for the enjoyment of his mates:

Mikey: What did the cow say to the road? – He had a cow and then the farmer didn’t even know what to do.
What a fucking shit show from Mikey. No laughs. No real punchline. He walked up with a grin the size of the Cheshire cat, thinking he was Johnny Big Spuds. Trainwreck. 1/10

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