{"product_id":"9780385339285","title":"Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Around-One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher Today","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWilder, Robert\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDelta\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eDaddy Needs a Drink\u003c\/b\u003e—hailed by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles  Times\u003c\/i\u003e as “consistently hilarious”—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 world’s noblest profession—whether he’s taming  a classroom full of hormonal teenagers or going one-on-one with the school bully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 school—and never looked back. Now he brings his unique perspective—as  a teacher, parent, and former student—to a series of laugh-out-loud essays that show  teaching at its most absurd…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 experiment gone wrong–and dares to tell about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He shares the surprising lessons he’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 teenagers…manage “helicopter” parents…and cope with  bullies—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 don’t help).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In\u003cb\u003e Tales from the Teachers’ Lounge\u003c\/b\u003e, Robert Wilder charts life’s learning curve with  a warmth and humor you don’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.","brand":"Delta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44209077551359,"sku":"9780385339285","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385339285_s600x595.jpg?v=1775586759","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780385339285","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}