Download or read book Homeslice A Teacher s Journey written by George Pereny and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Pereny is the child of Holocaust survivors; he and his family escaped from Hungary during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Pereny taught in the inner cities of Jersey City, Passaic, Paterson and the Bronx for thirty-five years..
Download or read book My Mother s Home Town written by George Pereny and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My mother's family, my godfather, and my confirmation sponsor, were all from a small Hungarian town called Gyongyos in Heves(mountainous) County an hour north of Budapest at the feet of the Matra Mountains on the northern end of the Great Hungarian Plain. In 1944, there were 22,000 people living in Gyongyos, including about 2500 Jews, most of whom, like my mother's family, perished. A handful, including my mother, survived. This is their story.
Download or read book The Teacher s Lunchbox written by Crystal Vance and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The homeschooling journey can be quite daunting. With so many teaching methods, curricula providers, and learning styles, it can be overwhelming to figure out how everything fits together. No one knows this better than homeschooling mom Crystal Vance. For the last eleven years, through trial and error Crystal has worked through the gamut of choices and come away with some great insights into making the homeschooling journey one that is both incredibly rewarding and surprisingly enjoyable. With a down-to-earth style, she provides practical suggestions for overcoming many of the obstacles that you face as a homeschooling parent. She offers an inside look at the homeschooling struggles she personally experienced while teaching her four children. Whether you're just getting started or are a veteran homeschooler, Crystal's advice is sure to provide a framework for a successful homeschooling journey.
Download or read book One Student At A Time written by Ken Rand and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Student at a Time is a memoir of my extraordinary teaching career including some of my incredible and memorable life experiences. My adventures in teaching and life are a roller-coaster ride of failures, successes, frustrations, and pure joy. The purpose of this book is to take the reader with me on my forty-seven-year journey in and out of the classroom, from inner-city New York to the Bay Area, California, and from junior high school all the way up to a four-year university and everything in between. Those who have experienced the wonders of teaching will be able to relate to the ups and downs inherent in being a successful teacher at an inner-city school. Those who have never had this opportunity will be amazed by these life-changing moments. There are numerous compelling and captivating stories including my first day in front of a classroom which may have you rolling on the floor with laughter and my witnessing of a classroom miracle which reshapes the life of Michael, a seventh-grade student, forever. Have a tissue ready. You will also read about Jacque Dawes, the toughest kid in the school, who undergoes a 180-degree transformation only to have a devastating ending. Then there's Dorothy whose own tragic past keeps her from becoming the student she is meant to be. There are also the heartwarming and inspiring stories about Dirk and Patricia who, against all odds, overcame their fears and setbacks and found a way to fulfill their dreams. And get ready to laugh out loud while reading about my appearance on the Wheel of Fortune, where I tell an outrageous lie in order to get on the TV show and then I go on to win three consecutive airings. As a writer and a storyteller, I want my readers to feel the raw emotions that I felt when these stories happened. Here are some of the responses that I received by those who have already read my book: "I felt as if I was not reading a book but that you were talking directly to me" and "You found a way to make me feel as if I was in the classroom with you." I hope you enjoy the ride.
Download or read book The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow No 4 2011 written by Red Wheelbarrow Poets and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bus for America written by George Pereny and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BUS FOR AMERICA George Pereny's great new book is a mixture of memory, history and poetry, telling the story of a remarkable life that started under the repression of Soviet rule in his native Hungary. His family made a brave and dangerous escape from Hungary when Pereny was a boy, crossing the ocean and coming to the United States after a momentous decision to take the bus for America rather than the bus for Canada. Pereny had an adventurous education in America, coming to love rock music and words, eventually deciding on a teaching career that took him to inner-city neighborhoods and kids in desperate need of his poetry and vision. Along the way he discovered an aptitude and passion for the martial arts and had a spiritual rebirth in Christ. George's story is also a quest for love that brings him to many women until he finds the right one. Like many great books, THE BUS FOR AMERICA ends with a wedding and a new chance for a happy life in Pereny's adopted America.
Download or read book Life Is a Classroom written by Angela Censoplano Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Is a Classroom is an intimate look into the lives of teachers, students, family lives, and understanding that we are all connected. A reminder to all what joy, humor and enlightenment children can bring into our lives. Many students encounter daily perils, including poverty, violence, and homelessness--realities that jeopardize their existence and shape their life experiences, while also shaping the lives of the teachers and adults around them. This book captures their playful purity and joy while offering us a unique viewpoint to observe and cope with our sometimes challenging lives, and to lean on joy and humor whenever possible. Life is a Classroom is a memoir of a teacher, who had a revelation while going through a lot of her own emotional trauma in her personal life which she saw paralleled her students' lives. Watching them go through their trials helped her go through hers. Before feeling detached from students and their lives, this teacher soon realized their similarites and connectedness. We all are one and the same. We all are more alike than we think.Life is a Classroom is an inspiring account that illustrates a teacher's job as being much more than a simple observer of students' lives and their educational process. It's about creating a safe haven within the classroom and learning we're all not so different from anyone else, regardless of what our lives may look like on the outside and how much we can learn from our students.Life is a Classroom shares the excitement of teaching in the 21st century, with the new teaching standards and the overall approach to prepare our students to become life long learners and global citizens. And while there are problems facing our educational system today, teachers alone can't solve them. Working together as a team--parents, extended families, teachers, school boards--we can make a difference.Looking through the lense of elementary students, this book confronts issues surrounding immigration, undocumented students, poverty, child abuse, cancer, mental illness and witnessing the grace and human spirit needed to move pass the adversity into the light.
Download or read book How I Survived the First Five Years of Teaching written by Sylvia A. Wright and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How I Survived the First Five Years of Teaching is about the struggles an educator faced and how she overcame those struggles in her early days of teaching. The journey begins with the challenges she faced after graduating from college and the difficulties she encountered trying to acquire her first teaching job. It then takes the reader through the different obstacles she confronted each school year. It's a detailed account about how she endured and overcame student misbehavior and disrespect, a lack of support and cooperation from her principal and assistant principal, disrespect from parents, lack of parental support, lack of student motivation, and her battle with depression.
Download or read book The Teacher s Journey written by Jeffrey A. Kottler and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching is not just a job, but a life journey. Although your contact with a student may be as brief as a single year, the impact can be felt across a lifetime. Jeffrey and Ellen Kottler help you navigate the typical milestones, challenges, and joys you're likely to face, illuminating the path along the way.
Download or read book Joy Bliss This written by William Quigley and published by Indiego Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his book Joy Bliss This, William Quigley tells the story of becoming a teacher, a journey he never planned to take, and one that was filled with repeated failure from the start. At his lowest point, when he had fallen the farthest and needed the most help, his students were the ones who saved him. In that redemption, he found a way to make a positive impact on the world through teaching, and he learned the ultimate lesson, that excellence is what we are here for. In being lost and finding his way, William's teaching adventure serves as a guidepost and guardrail for your own journey toward excellence. We are our stories; this is his. Come along with him. The adventure is calling. Let's begin!
Download or read book Stories from the Classroom written by John Smeby and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Whether you are new to the profession or in need of a reminder why you entered it in the first place, Stories is a collection of vivid, heartfelt, eye-opening recollections” -Tamera Cruz, educator “This book is a gift ... not just for educators, but for everyone!” -Kenyon and Taccara Martin, co-authors (Soul-Ties Personal Growth Collection) After 23 years as a teacher, coach and counselor, California educator John Smeby offers us Stories from the Classroom. Set in a city emerging from bankruptcy and still recovering from a 2015 terrorist attack. John uncovers a more human, compassionate side of San Bernardino that many might miss. In this down-to-earth, sometimes heartbreaking and often humorous collection of stories, he recounts both the struggles and victories he found inside the classrooms and hallways of Cajon High School and beyond. Whether you are (or have ever been) an educator, student or parent, Smeby’s journey will resonate with unflinching honesty. The anecdotes and stories he shares offer a unique look inside our educational system, both public and private. A teacher will often see a student seated at a desk. In Stories, John challenges us to look beyond the student, and recognize the human being within. “I would like to thank you not as a student to a teacher but as a friend to a friend. I will forget little by little my high school experience, but I promise I will never forget what you have taught me “–Juan Andrade, former student
Download or read book The Teacher s Journey written by Brian Costello and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Teacher s Journey written by Mary Groesch and published by Austin MacAuley Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In One Teacher's Journey, Mary Groesch describes the training and experiences that molded her into the progressive educator she was for over 30 years. Likening this journey to one where a caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly, Groesch outlines her progressive philosophy through classroom narratives. One may ask after reading the book, "What would American education look like if progressive practice was the norm, rather than the traditional practice and testing culture of today?"
Download or read book Beyond the Public Eye written by James Dale Shelby and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Teacher s Journey written by Brett Comegys and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I had no idea what I was doing when I started writing this book. Originally, it was just supposed to be a few short stories and how I could relate them to teaching. After a couple of months (and some unexpected encouragement) I realized that what I was writing might have a bigger purpose than just adding to a district blog. So, I kept writing.I've taught for nearly 20 years in all kinds of settings, spent 14 years in the military, and had more adventures growing up than I can count. In this book, I've included a handful of those experiences. Some are funny. Some are sad. And others are probably somewhere in the middle. Hopefully there is something in these pages that might be of use to other teachers... rookies and veterans alike. But don't expect a heavy read. This isn't data driven, full of studies, or research based. It's just a guy trying to have a conversation and trying to make his life useful to others. Finally, if you're not in education... that's all right. Give it a chance, because I honestly think that there's something in this book for anyone who goes to work, deals with stress, or is looking for a little different take on life. Thank you for considering this book and enjoy the read.
Download or read book Fun Home written by Alison Bechdel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescense, the denouement is swift, graphic -- and redemptive.
Download or read book From Siberia to St Kitts written by Ira Sumner Simmonds and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the tumultuous and unexpected life of Zenaida Katzen, Simmonds' biography weaves disparate threads from Russia, China, Chile, France, and St. Kitts-Nevis into a vibrant tapestry revealing a surprising and exceptional woman. Stepping outside of the spinster-teacher archetype, Katzen's story is one of a complicated, fiercely independent woman whose decades of unwavering dedication and commitment to the education of children across the globe belie an intriguing, unpredictable and, at times, inexplicable personal life.
