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My work colleagues and I were quite upset by the anonymous comments about qualified pay (Letters, 24 January). I am a qualified teaching assistant, having done three years at college and a lot of voluntary work, and yet I do not get paid in school holidays because I am on the supply list.

I am a qualified teaching assistant, having done three years at college and a lot of voluntary work, and yet I do not get paid in school holidays because I am on the supply list.

Michelle Fletcher, c/o Bonington Infants School, Bullwell, Nottingham

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