{"title":"Mehreen Baig","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"hidden-lessons-book-mehreen-baig-9781529383034","title":"Hidden Lessons","description":"'Beautifully written, Hidden Lessons is both a heart-rending account of the challenges in our education system, and a heart-warming celebration of teachers and students who have triumphed through adversity. The pride Mehreen has for her community and the lives she has touched is palpable.' - DAVID LAMMY ~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You've got one student who's a full time carer, another who's pregnant, and a third who's just joined a gang. You haven't got enough textbooks to go around, and one of the parents just called you an 'extremist'. You've just gone through a devastating heartbreak and you have to teach Romeo and Juliet to 30 hormonal 14 year olds.  Welcome to life as a teacher.  This is a world that all of us know, but most of us have completely forgotten. It's a world where you're working 50 hour weeks, but you're still just a part-time teacher because the rest of the time you're a security guard, a nurse, a counsellor, or a friend. It's also a world where you spend all day with some of the most interesting people you know. And even when the lesson plan has been abandoned, you're still learning.  Mehreen started teaching at 21, and by the time she left 10 years later she'd learnt a bit about teenagers and a lot about life. This is her story.  Baig's book reminds us that teachers are not just at the frontline of education, but they are also at the frontline of social mobility and racial justice. In a narrative that has you in tears at times, and at other times has you punching the air in triumph, Baig reveals the disastrous consequences of this nation not valuing teachers enough. A wake-call. - Sathnam Sanghera  Mehreen writes with energy and enthusiasm about the highs and lows she experienced in her five years of teaching in an inner London high school.  In Hidden Lessons Mehreen's passion and dedication for teaching some of the most underprivileged youth of today is palpable.  - Jeremy Corbyn  Full of insight, wit, wisdom and warmth. A fascinating guide to what teaching is really like. - Katy Brand  This book is hilarious, frank and so much fun. Makes me feel very guilty about all my teachers though... - Grace Campbell  Deep, dark, hilarious and full of heart. - Greg Rutherford  Hilarious, heart-warming and utterly compelling, Hidden Lessons lets us in on the joy and heartache that all teachers know. - Carlisle Living","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49513884057873,"sku":"GOR011866603","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49739348771089,"sku":"NGR9781529383034","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49752860557585,"sku":"GOR013775042","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50575694725393,"sku":"GOR011782426","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/152938303X.jpg?v=1751275862"},{"product_id":"hidden-lessons-book-mehreen-baig-9781529383065","title":"Hidden Lessons","description":"You're in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You've got one student who's a full time carer, another who's pregnant, and a third who's just joined a gang. You haven't got enough textbooks to go around, and one of the parents just called you an 'extremist'. You've just gone through a devastating heartbreak and you have to teach Romeo and Juliet to 30 hormonal 14 year olds.   Welcome to life as a teacher.  This is a world that all of us know, but most of us have completely forgotten. It's a world where you're working 50 hour weeks, but you're still just a part-time teacher because the rest of the time you're a security guard, a nurse, a counsellor, or a friend. It's also a world where you spend all day with some of the most interesting people you know. And even when the lesson plan has been abandoned, you're still learning.   Mehreen started teaching at 21, and by the time she left 10 years later she'd learnt a bit about teenagers and a lot about life. This is her story.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49545121431825,"sku":"GOR012594567","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49742925103377,"sku":"NGR9781529383065","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50337497612561,"sku":"GOR013933239","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50890266444049,"sku":"GOR014107094","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1529383064.jpg?v=1751425317"},{"product_id":"glow-up-your-grades-book-mehreen-baig-9780008664978","title":"Glow Up Your Grades","description":"High impact revision to help you get the best grade possible!                                     Finalist for the Education Resources Awards – Education Book 2025                                     Webby winner 2025 for People's Voice, Social Education and Science – Glow Up Your Grades YouTube channel                        From experienced English teacher, presenter and examiner Mehreen Baig comes a new way to revise for GCSE English. On the page and in her Glow Up Your Grades videos, Mehreen shows you how to navigate the English exams with flair. She’s with you step by step, question by question, squeezing the juice out of all those quotations, and helping to level up your answers to ace your exams.             Engaging chapters cover all aspects of GCSE English Language and Literature, as Mehreen talks you through exactly what you need to know and how to keep calm and focused. From Shakespeare to creative writing, and language devices to poetry, this study guide has it all covered.             It’s time to banish your worries and transform your studies! It’s never too late to give your grades the glow up they need, for the future you deserve.             Written in Mehreen’s enthusiastic, relatable and reassuring voice, it’s a must-have accompaniment to her brilliantly energetic videos on her award-winning YouTube channel: Glow Up Your Grades.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49747043320081,"sku":"NGR9780008664978","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50479683764497,"sku":"GOR013633644","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50581968158993,"sku":"GOR014004827","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50785684979985,"sku":"GOR014071605","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0008664978.jpg?v=1750842374"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-mehreen-baig.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}