Jim - I realised early on when considering teaching as a career
I didn't have a suitable personality for the profession...

I lack patience, am too easily provoked, and have never liked kids that much...

However, I do have some background in comedy entertainment,
but definitely wouldn't pay good money to see myself [our band] perform..
My standards are too high...

My mrs has survived the profession for over 30 years,
it's never been more exhausting and despairing than since Blair,
and then the tories got back in...

She sees younger trainees cracking up regularly...

Anyway, more than a few comedians are ex teachers...