Many would call teachers lazy because of the long holidays. Granted, thirteen weeks is plenty sufficient time for slacking off, but those within the profession would describe it as a hard earned rest.

I find it hard to imagine anyone being a lazy teacher during term time - or at least if they are lazy they wouldn't stay as a teacher for very long. The laziness that I refer to here is the lack of enthusiasm for meetings, school events, open evenings or anything that happens outside the four grafitied walls of the classroom.

As NQTs we get to observe other teachers teaching lessons. This is so we can see how much better they are than us, but at the same time we can never quite pin down why - making it an exercise in self abuse. This is my own form of sloth - avoiding observing other teachers. It's not deliberate, it's just when given the choice between marking those year eight books during my free or observing someone teach their year elevens and marking the books in the evening I'm inclined to go for the option that will let me get to bed an hour earlier at night - though I suppose in the summer I could wear dark glasses during an observation and use the time to get a nap in.