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Teaching in Circles: My Journeys in Teaching High School | 
 enlarge | Author: Nathan Miller
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 151780
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 142779779X
Dewey Decimal Number: 373.11020973
EAN: 9781427797797
ASIN: 142779779X
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Product Description
Teaching is a profession of passion and disillusionment. People go into the profession expecting to shape young minds and educate the future leaders of our society. Many young teachers become frustrated with their chosen profession and leave it to find other careers. The ones that stay struggle with similar issues and have both good days and bad days. Teaching in Circles is a series of stories about a teacher and his thoughts on his profession, stories of the things he struggles with daily, and his eventual decision to remain a teacher.
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A painfully honest memoir. December 21, 2008
As a teacher this book spoke to me. It was a brutally honest memoir of Miller's experience as a young teacher approaching the mid-point of his career. So many teaching memoirs come across as sugar-coated, smell of martyrdom, or have a holier-than-thou feel. This book kept my attention- I couldn't put it down and read the entire thing in just one day.
I could identify with Miller's constant unanswered questions: Should I really be doing this? How log can I keep this up? Am I making any difference at all? I think educators, new and old, policy makers, parents, and students would all benefit from taking in Miller's perspective, as I think it represents a great number of teachers out there. It caused me to stop and reflect on my own practice and my life in general.
Those outside of teaching who wonder about where their life and/or career are heading should also get a hold of this book and sit down for a good read.
recomend to anyone! October 27, 2008
I thought the book was fantasic and kept me very interested in learning more. I love how author writes and tells his interesting storys. this book could give any teacher a new look on teaching. its worth it!
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