I wanted to ask my first-grade class, "What is the best thing that has ever happened to you?"

George Pointon asks his class many questions. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" "What do you think your parents do when you're at school?" "Can you please leave that alone?" "JJ, the stapler – can you leave it?"

He also has some questions for himself: what is he doing here? Who is he kidding, thinking he can teach;

But the journey to true professional fulfillment has never been smooth, and there is no turning back now.

This book takes us through George's first year in the confusing and magical world of elementary teaching. Spending time with five-year-olds – who somehow embody wisdom, innocence, and chaos – there is always a lot to learn.