Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Overheard Back Overheard 30th March 2012, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Overheard https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/overheard-150 Copy Link On the way out of the hall after an Army presentation ...Year 10 girl: I don’t want to die!Second Year 10 girl: Oh, don’t be selfish - it’s for your country.Email your contributions to letters@tes.co.uk or tweet them to @tes. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 5 top Tes articles on the science of learning Tes Editorial • 12th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared Schools must create their culture, not inherit it Leadership 11 March 2026 Cambridge extends coursework deadline over Middle East war News 10 March 2026 Allegations of cheating in primary tests up by a fifth in 2 years News 10 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How a small change to the English curriculum could cut teacher workload Teaching & Learning 9 March 2026 Why making maths ‘more relevant’ misses the point Analysis 5 March 2026 Zack Polanski to headline NEU conference News 6 March 2026 On-screen exams could widen disadvantage gap, EEF warns News 6 March 2026 Social media must be banned until 16 to tackle in-school misogyny Analysis 8 March 2026
