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If These Walls Could Talk is a collection of real stories from teachers across the country, navigating the ups and downs of the classroom with humor and heart. From hilarious student encounters to unforgettable moments with parents and administrators, this book highlights the shared experiences that connect educators everywhere. Whether you're a teacher, a parent, or anyone who's ever set foot in a classroom, one lesson stands out above all: teachers deserve a raise!

Nestes trechos de "Opúsculo humanitário", Nísia Floresta apresenta um panorama crítico da educação brasileira até o século XIX, com base nos relatos de viajantes estrangeiros que percorreram o país. Os testemunhos revelam um cenário marcado pela ausência de escolas, pela precariedade das primeiras instituições de ensino e pelo uso da palmatória como prática recorrente de disciplina. A educação feminina, quando existente, era marcada pela superficialidade e pela ausência de estímulo ao pensamento crítico.

When Dr. La'Tonya Rease Miles was in third grade, a homeroom teacher said: "You are smart, and you are going to college." A shy, nerdy, sports-loving, only child of a working-class, teenage single mom, she wondered next: "How does a smart Black girl get to college?" A pioneer of first-generation studies, long-time practitioner of university initiatives for first-generation students at several U. S. colleges, and dynamic advocate of first-generation representation on social media, in mass media, and within popular culture, "Dr.

Terence Lester was born into a two-parent household that later separated due to family conflict. In search of safety and stability, his mother moved him and his sister from place to place. Carrying the weight of that early trauma, Lester turned to gangs, became a juvenile delinquent, experienced homelessness, and at one point lived out of his car. He dropped out of high school. But Lester's story doesn't end there. He eventually returned to school, graduated as a fifth-year senior, and defied the odds by earning five degrees, including a PhD in public policy.

In this definitive biography, James P. Cousins offers fresh perspectives on a seminal yet controversial figure in American religious history and educational life. The son of a prosperous New England merchant family, Holley studied at Yale University before serving as a minister. He achieved national acclaim as an intellectual and self-appointed critic of higher education before accepting the position at Transylvania. His clashes with political and community leaders, however, ultimately led him to resign in 1827, and his untimely death later that year cut short a promising career.

Als Tom Michell einen Pinguin mit ölverschmiertem Gefieder am Strand von Uruguay findet und beschließt, ihn mitzunehmen, um das Öl zu entfernen, ahnt er noch nicht, dass der watschelnde Zeitgenosse nicht nur sein Leben vollkommen auf den Kopf stellen wird. Der Pinguin zieht auf Tom Michells Terrasse ein. Für den Lehrer wird er ein treuer Freund, für seine Schüler zum Pinguin des Vertrauens.

Nik "Nikky" Green grew up in Oklahoma and had a passion for God and his family. He became an Oklahoma state trooper and made a positive impact on his community through his work, prison ministry, youth ministry, and mentoring. "When Love Overflows" is a book written by his widow, Linda Green Bennett, that recounts her husband's life. The book includes interviews, quotes and stories from those who were impacted by Nik, and it also details Linda's own journey to continue his work and make a positive change through her public speaking engagements and anti-drug organization.

In An Entrepreneurial Journey Through Life: Learning, Loving, and Laughing, Ralph Z. "Bud" Sorenson, former president of Babson College, shares his own experiences to illustrate an important truth: being entrepreneurial" goes far beyond starting new businesses—though that is certainly a part of it in fact, the "an entrepreneurial" mindset applies to all aspects of life, from choosing a career to finding a place to live to making the most out of your retirement.

К Марине Королёвой обращаются за консультацией, когда хотят знать, «как правильно». Автор бестселлеров о русском языке: «Говорим по-русски с Мариной Королёвой», «Говорим по-русски правильно» (Книга года – 2007), «Чисто по-русски» (два издания). В эту книгу М. Королёвой «Чисто по-русски» вошли как избранные и переработанные статьи из предыдущих изданий, так и новые материалы.

Im alten System bekam er aufgrund seines Engagements als Lehrer Berufsverbot und wurde so zum Systemgegner gemacht. Aber er sah die wunderbaren Chancen der Wende 1989 und war an der Neugründung der SPD in Thüringen maßgeblich beteiligt. In den neun Jahren als Landtagsabgeordneter konnte er den Neuanfang mitgestalten und war auch jahrzehntelang im Kreistag und Stadtrat von Gotha sowie in anderen Ehrenämtern aktiv. Mit 47 Jahren wird bei ihm schwarzer Hautkrebs diagnostiziert. Er fühlt das Ende seines Lebens. Hilfesuchend wendet er sich an einen ehemaligen Schüler, der jetzt Pastor ist.

In Testing Education, Kathy Greeley recounts the impact of education reform from a teacher's point of view. Based on a teaching career ranging nearly forty years, Greeley details how schools went from learning communities infused with excitement, intellectual stimulation, and joy to sterile spaces of stress, intimidation, and fear. In this ultimately hopeful memoir, Greeley asks us to learn from the past to reimagine the future of public education.

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a supply teacher? This is the book for you! Artist and illustrator Guy Newmountain, a time-served teacher at the chalk-face for 25 years and a familiar sight to thousands of pupils across the spectrum from nursery to sixth form, tells a succession of school-related anecdotes with a healthy dose of self-deprecating humour. Some are hysterically funny and a few sad; others heart-stopping and deadly serious…

From a document in storage, passed down through the family, this story tells about the life of the early Michigan pioneer who, as Treasurer of Hillsdale College, lived through a very important era.

Through Old Ground is a collection of stories from the life of Dr. Randy Cross, a small-town Southerner turned English professor and author, most notable for his work with T. S. Stribling’s autobiography, The Laughing Stock. Dr. Cross grew up in St. Joseph, Tennessee, where he gained the strong foundation upon which he relied throughout his adventures as a two-time Fulbright Scholar and beyond.

The story of Musahib Ud-Din Khan is not a run of the mill tale of rags to riches. It is rather an inspirational narrative about the potential of education as a vehicle for upward mobility and for realization of individual potential in the face of poverty and adversity. The success of Professor Khan as a scholar and contributor to nation building is worth listening to. He lived, struggled and triumphed in a very difficult time in a newly minted postcolonial nation of Pakistan strapped for resources and opportunities.

In ‘The Silence of the Volcano,’ the author takes the listener through a journey of courage. As a teenager, she left her home in southern Spain with nothing but plastic bags, venturing into the United States, a realm of unknowns. This memoir unfolds as a captivating narrative, blending passion and humor, as an undocumented immigrant navigates the complexities of identity and defies prejudice.

Glimpses of a Public Ivy is a collection of vignettes of life at William & Mary, America's second oldest college, from 1950 through 2000. Written by an award winning professor, the stories include extraordinary achievement, humorous incidents, unique characters and memories of day-to day life at the historic university. Holmes uses his own experience as a professor, along with interviews with faculty, alumni and staff, to paint a detailed, fond and rich picture which will inspire and amuse anyone with ties to William & Mary or any collegiate setting.

In this inspiring memoir and self-improvement book, Dr. Kristy Singer-MacNair shares her remarkable journey from being a little girl in idyllic 1950's Modesto, California, to pursuing higher education in Santa Barbara and San Diego, in the norm-bending 1970's, to her over 30-year career helping special education students achieve their potential.

A través de esta publicación, descubriremos a esta intelectual y activista que dedicó su vida a la educación y a la lucha social, desde sus inicios en su querida Chincha, la formación de la primera institución femenina peruana Evolución Femenina, sus grandes luchas por el indígena y por la niñez hasta su exilio y sus últimos días prácticamente en el olvido. Esta biografía está dirigida a un público juvenil y a aquellos lectores que quieran conocer más sobre una de las mujeres con mayores aportes a la cultura de nuestro país.

This beautifully written biography charts the life of Dr. Cynthia J. MacKay, a wife, a mother, a surgeon, and a lifelong activist campaigning against the cruel, painful, damaging invasive corrective eye surgery LASIK. It is written with modesty. It is engaging, witty, and sometimes painful to listen to as it describes the discrimination, smear campaigns, and brutal conduct of her peers and others who have tried to ruin her in their own act of self-preservation. Cynthia battles through it all, with dignity, determination, and an abundance of wit, humor and humility.