Tales from the Teachers' Lounge An Irreverent View of What It Really Means to Be a Teacher Today

Name: Tales from the Teachers' Lounge An Irreverent View of What It Really Means to Be a Teacher Today
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ISBN: 9780385339278

ISBN-10: 0385339275

ISBN-13: 9780385339278

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert Wilder

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From the critically acclaimed author of Daddy Needs a Drink--hailed by the "Los Angeles Times" as "consistently hilarious"--comes a series of irreverent, wickedly observant essays about what it really means to be a teacher today. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Robert Wilder dissects the world's noblest profession--whether he's taming a classroom full of hormonal teenagers or going one-on-one with the school bully. Wilder was twenty-six when he found his true calling. Leaving a lucrative advertising career in New York, he got a job as an assistant first-grade teacher at a Santa Fe alternative school--and never looked back. Now he brings his unique perspective--as a teacher, parent, and…

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List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/28/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

ROBERT WILDER is a writer and teacher who lives with his wife and two children, Poppy and London, in New Mexico. He has appeared on NPR'sMorning Edition, and has a monthly column for theSanta Fe Reporteralso called "Daddy Needs a Drink." From the Hardcover edition.