Today the ballot for some local union elections arrived through my door. Oh great, another form to fill in. Given that teaching unions spend most of the time complaining about excessive paperwork it's a little ironic how much they add to it. Though if a pupil made an accusation against me I'd be grateful for their services so I promptly ticked the relevant boxes in and posted it off.

One of the categories was for the 'advisory committee for young teachers', in which the candidates all seemed to talk about getting young teachers more involved in the union. No! They've got it all wrong - I want to be as little involved as possible. I can barely be bothered to open any envelopes they send, let alone actually get off my backside and do anything union-related. I was tempted to try and vote to re-open nominations.