The Education of a Teacher: Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (699 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 145025098X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Some of the stories are humorous, focusing on the lighter side of the job.Q: What are you working on now?A: I'm moving to fiction and working on a novel of the cozy mystery genre. Set in a small town, it will involve a main character who just retired from teaching and finds herself in the middle of a murder. I'm having great fun planning and writing in a new genre. These stories read like fiction but they are based on fact. Finally, anyone who likes a good short story will find this book refreshing because the chapters are about human beings expe
She currently lives in Monmouth, Illinois, and teaches at Monmouth College. from the University of Illinois. Susan Van Kirk taught at Monmouth High School for thirty-four years. She earned a BA from Knox College and a M.Ed. From this collection, her story "War and Remembrance" was published in Teacher Magazine.
Meet her students and experience the events that molded a rookie teacher into a veteran. She didn't realize that, for the rest of her career, she would both teach and be taught by a town, a school, and the students who entered her life. "In 1968, at age twenty-one, I was sure I had all the answers I needed to know about teaching five classes a day in a real high school I had no idea how naïve I was!" Every teacher's career is a journey of discovery that begins with rookie insecurities and moves toward self-confidence and understanding. A veteran of thirty-four years in public high school teaching, Van Kirk will take you on a passionate and unforgettable journey through one teaching life. This montage of stories covers the years 1968 to 2008; they describe her early fears about classroom discipline, plots to overthrow "the rookie," handing drug overdoses, the devastating first student death, and a challenge to a major Kurt Vonnegut book in her classroom.. When Susan Van Kirk drove into little Monmouth, Illinois, in 1968
C. Cooper said NOT just a book for teachers .. I was completely engaged--each chapter introduces a specific story that relates to one or more of the author's experiences. The character development of the students who "star" in each chapter is rich and satisfying. It all flowed together seemlessly. Rick Williams said Touching Lives Forever. In her memoir, Van Kirk, tells of her amazing journey through self-discovery as a young teacher in a small Midwestern town. From the first page, Van Kirk draws her readers into the novel with her conversational tone and vivid descriptions. Her charac. cva said What an Education!. Van Kirk's beautiful writing style and absorbing stories make for a heartwarming, and at times, heartbreaking experience. Valuable lessons for many audiences lie within these pages.I truly struggled to put it down.