My First Year as a Teacher

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword – Wendy Kopp
Introduction – Pearl Rock Kane
1. “Ever Been to Disneyland?” – David Callaway
2. The Road – Marcia Nehemiah
3. “Don’t Waste Your Time with Those Kids” – Janice Anderson Connolly
4. The University School – Emma Lewinsohn Frey
5. David – Nancy Gustafson
6. “The Best You Can Be” – Kayla McClurg
7. Adrianna – Rosemary Genova DiBattista
8. Answers and Questions – Z. Vance Wilson
9. Learning to Read – Patrick McWilliams
10. Order in the Classroom – Andrew Dean Mullen
11. Death in the Classroom – Judy A. Luster
12. “It Say, I’m Very Mad at You” – Anita S. Charles
13. Sonny – Julie Olin Schulz
14. Johnny Carson Was My Mentor – Ronald D. Thorpe, Jr.
15. Plagiarism – Ted Fitts
16. The Forest and the Tree – Elizabeth L. Esris
17. The Ultimate Challenge – Polly Rimer Duke
18. “Welcome to the Sixth Grade” – Brad Wilcox
19. “You Can’t” – David Gould
20. On Teaching: A Letter to Luke – Albert S. Thompson
21. The Accidental Teacher – Katherine Schulten
22. The Green Monongahela – John Taylor Gatto
23. My Ambition: To Teach – Yetta Haber Farber
24. Graduation – Ron Wolfson
25. Memories Are Made of This – Roberta Vicki Sherman
Index