Real Talk for Real Teachers
Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!"
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Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!"
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The New York Times–bestselling author and world-renown teacher offers no-nonsense wisdom for teachers of all ages There’s no one teachers trust more to give them classroom advice than Rafe Esquith. After more than thirty years on the job, Esquith still puts in the countless classroom hours familiar to every dedicated educator. But where his New York Times bestseller Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire was food for a teacher’s mind, Real Talk for Real Teachers is food for a teacher’s soul. Esquith candidly tackles the three stages of life for the career teacher and offers encouragement to see them through the difficult early years, advice on mid-career classroom building, and novel ideas for longtime educators. With his trademark mix of humor, practicality, and boundless compassion, Esquith proves the perfect companion for teachers who need a quick pick-me-up, a long heart-to-heart, or just a momentary reminder that they’re not alone.
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It's one thing to hear suggestions about becoming a better teacher from administrators who clearly became administrators in a desperate move to escape the classroom, and from outside consultants who are paid to take a cursory look at schools and offer up some changes that will prove lucrative to said outside consultants.
It's another thing to hear thoughts from a man who has given up his life to education. Rafe Esquith. Thirty years in the classroom. Students who return year after year to share their successes. Devoted. Rigorous. Fun. A great teacher.
Yes, I would listen to such a man.
And what does such a man, such a teacher, have to tell us, us real teachers? What is his real talk?
Here's a little. (I'm not going to share too much because, if you like it, you really need to support Rafe and help him save money to buy a new kitchen for his wife. No administrator is ever going to use this book in an inservice; we need to support our own kind, folks.)
You are going to have bad days. (Really? Even Rafe? He tells us, yes.)
Haters. (If you've ever worked in a school, sadly, you know this is true.)
And, most shockingly...Leave some children behind. (Remember: that's RAFE saying this. He does not shy away from truth.)
Go ahead and buy the book. You will not regret it, I think. It will help you. And you will help Rafe's wife get a new kitchen.
