I'm one of several NQTs at my school. This leads to many comparisons, not least when looking through the timetables of my fellow young teachers. Being slightly competitive I couldn't help but compare the number of free periods and found that I have the least. I think I should get bonus points for this. The drama NQT has a full seven frees per week, as well as one lesson manning IF (which means sitting around and making sure the kids don't smoke, talk to each other, sit staring out of the windows, or just throw each other out of the windows, possibly whilst talking and smoking). Not that I'd dream of complaining about actually having to teach a few lessons here and there, because I suppose that, technically, that's my job.