Home Archived Overheard Back Overheard 14th October 2011, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Overheard https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/overheard-174 Copy Link Teacher: Can you tell me an advantage of asexual reproduction?Pupil: You don’t need a partner.Teacher: And a disadvantage?Pupil: Sometimes you want one. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves Tes Editorial • 28th March 2024 Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and staff shortages Tes Editorial • 21st March 2024 Weekly round-up: ITT target cut and Keegan ‘punch’ row Tes Editorial • 14th March 2024 Weekly round-up: Parent complaints ‘like the Wild West’ Tes Editorial • 7th March 2024 Recent Most read Most shared Inset day: Why we send our teachers on tour for CPD Leadership 28 March 2024 Teacher degree apprenticeship: everything you need to know Analysis 28 March 2024 Dialogic teaching: 10 principles of classroom talk Teaching & Learning 28 March 2024 Trusts named to run 30 new special free schools News 26 March 2024 Teacher pay falls by more than public sector as a whole News 26 March 2024 ‘Unexplained’ school moves spark call for transparency News 27 March 2024 Pupil premium allocation details delayed News 27 March 2024 ‘Unexplained’ school moves spark call for transparency News 27 March 2024 Special schools do an ‘amazing job’, so what can we learn from them? Analysis 27 March 2024