Robert  Wilder
From the critically acclaimed author of ,Daddy Needs a Drink,â€”hailed by the ,Los Angeles Times, as â€œconsistently hilariousâ€â€”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 worldâ€™s noblest professionâ€”whether heâ€™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 schoolâ€”and never looked back. Now he brings his unique perspectiveâ€”as a teacher, parent, and former studentâ€”to a series of laugh-out-loud essays that show teaching at its most absurdâ€¦and most rewarding. With brutal candor he chronicles his own lively adventures in modern education, from navigating cutthroat kindergarten sign-ups to subbing for a class experi-ment gone wrongâ€“and dares to tell about it.,He shares the surprising lessons heâ€™s learned in the trenches of his profession, including how to bribe a four-year-old (his own) to stop swearing in a Lutheran preschool and the best way to teach moody teenagersâ€¦manage â€œhelicopterâ€ parentsâ€¦and cope with bulliesâ€”whether of the school-yard, Internet, or parental kind. And he offers tough love for cheaters who log on to ,www.SchoolSucks.com,, then puts to rest forever the question of why new teachers gain weight (hint: the free donuts donâ€™t help).,In, Tales from the Teachersâ€™ Lounge,, Robert Wilder charts lifeâ€™s learning curve with a warmth and humor you donâ€™t find in textbooks. By turns heartwarming, eye-opening, and uproariously funny, these pitch-perfect essays offer priceless lessons in life, family, learning, and teaching from a true lover of education.,From the Hardcover edition.
Nonfiction,Education,Teaching,Autobiography,Memoir,Humor,Writing,Essays,Biography Memoir,Academic,School
Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Aroundâ€”One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher Today