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Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching by Gabbie Stroud
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Spot on.
Nailed the teaching experience, from mentored to mentor, classroom to leadership, nation to nation, pedagogy to accountability and the conflicts within.
Gorgeously written, also. Cyclic, intertwined, past and present, following threads down rabbit holes in true educator tangents.
Remarkably easy to read, especially given the often heavy content, and a beautiful capture of what it is to teach.
Nailed the teaching experience, from mentored to mentor, classroom to leadership, nation to nation, pedagogy to accountability and the conflicts within.
Gorgeously written, also. Cyclic, intertwined, past and present, following threads down rabbit holes in true educator tangents.
Remarkably easy to read, especially given the often heavy content, and a beautiful capture of what it is to teach.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism
While the author is divorced (and openly so), this is not recounted in the book and is not depicted as an inevitable result of her teaching career.