One of my worst moments was when I had a lesson rated as inadequate. The flip side was a lesson just three weeks later where I got graded as outstanding. All this left me feeling incredibly confused. Am I any good or not? Given the excellent results I've gotten from my classes (touch wood - there's one module test's results pending) I'm starting to harbour delusions of being a bit or a maverick. Not playing things quite by the book and not giving a stuff about lesson observations or what senior leadership think, but by gosh, getting the results.

Which is utter tosh because I'm a swot and incredibly insecure so really care about what other staff think - especially if they give me great gradings for observations.