Author : Steven Kladstrup
Publisher : Steven E. Kladstrup
ISBN 13 : 1959463020
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (594 download)
Book Synopsis Jane Raggedfir Was a Dike by : Steven Kladstrup
Download or read book Jane Raggedfir Was a Dike written by Steven Kladstrup and published by Steven E. Kladstrup. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Readers' Praise For Jane Raggedfir Was a Dike "a great read - funny, heroic and frightening" "a detailed account of a teacher's life" "laugh-out-loud storytelling" "heartfelt, funny, and eye-opening" . If you are a veteran teacher, this story will make you laugh. And cry. And maybe stamp your feet, as you curse all the idiots who turned your job into a drive-up window for people who simply want things their way. . If you're thinking about a career as a public school teacher in the United States, reading this book may make you think twice. Jane Raggedfir is an in-your-face heads-up on what you'll truly be facing once you're on the job. . Written as a set of novels spanning the course of a veteran teacher's last year on the job, Jane Raggedfir's story will have you laughing when you're not crying, pondering when you're not simply appalled, and in the end, sympathizing with the people who are serving on the real world front lines we call "classrooms" doing their best to fight the good fight. . That's because this is the story of how "impossible" it is to actually be a teacher nowadays. . In Volume 1: Back to School, you'll start learning about: * All the sacrifices * All the endless expectations * All the so-called leadership * All the incompetence * All the secrets * All the compromises * All the competition * All the merciless scrutiny * All the blame * All the unfairness * And last. but not least, all the consequences... . Inspired by issues and practices in the real world of education, this first volume, "Back To School," is your introduction to Jane Raggedfir, a high school teacher who spent the last years of her career trying to hold back the waters of ignorance and save a troubled teen, only to fail spectacularly, thanks to all the hypocrisy and short-sightedness that has too often turned public education into a fragmented, fear-based nightmare of self-serving competition and back-biting disrespect. . Get ready to experience the non-public side of public education as Jane deals with the system and the system, in turn, deals with her. Likewise, get ready to learn the secrets that the rest of the staff doesn't know about Mrs. Raggedfir, like the truth that she is anything but safe in the classroom and is, in fact, disabled in a way that no one else can ever fully understand. . So - if you're an admin in an American public school, go ahead and burn this book right now before it challenges your tried-and-true ways of operating. . If you're simply on the outside looking in, i.e., an interested party who wants to know why teachers and teaching seem so messed up these days, this series will offer you plenty of insight into what's been going on, particularly in some of the "best" schools. . No matter where you're coming from, Jane Raggedfir will take you places you haven't been before in any other book about teaching. Instead of all the rah-rah, rose-colored, "I just love teaching" stories, Jane's journey will have you howling and shaking your head, even as it clues you in on how compromised the profession really is and where many of the dark closets in your own local schools can be found. . Please Note: This is Volume 1 of a planned series. While this first volume stands on its own as a humorous (and painful) example of what it's really like for teachers when a school year is about to get underway, it is also intended as an invitation to readers to come back for the rest of the story as additional volumes are released. . Volume 1: Back To School includes: * Prologue: The Edge * Part 1: The Dog Days of August * Part 2: Workshop Week
