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Caroline Laybourn has had just four days to prepare for the new school year. Together with her colleagues, she has mapped out the year for fourth grade — the kind of work no teacher-training programme really prepares you for. She has spent her evenings studying the plans. Foto: Karla Ellingsøe

What is it like to be a newly qualified teacher on the day you meet your pupils for the first time? We followed 27-year-old Caroline Laybourn on her first day in the classroom.

First day as a teacher: Caroline, 27, meets her new class

Caroline Laybourn has had just four days to prepare for the new school year. Together with her colleagues, she has mapped out the year for fourth grade — the kind of work no teacher-training programme really prepares you for. She has spent her evenings studying the plans. Foto: Karla Ellingsøe
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Oddsene er barske: Hver sjette nyuddannede folkeskolelærer ser ikke sig selv i faget efter fem år. Og hver fjerde har faktisk forladt jobbet, når de fem år er gået.

Men hvad tænker 27-årige nyuddannede Caroline Laybourn, som netop har tjekket ind på sin første skoledag som lærer for 4.U?

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