From the outset, young teachers find themselves confronted with heavy responsibilities: taking charge of a class of several dozen students of different levels and ages, working within a pedagogical team, integrating into an administration that has sometimes become unwieldy, and naturally having to guide each student for several years to the blossoming of his or her technique and personality.

It was indispensable that a book help them find answers or advice for calmly facing the first years o...