BOOK REVIEW – Chicken Soup For The Soul: Teacher Tales
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales: 101 Inspirational Stories from Great Teachers and Appreciative Students
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul (February 2, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935096478
ISBN-13: 978-1935096474
Synopsis
This is a great gift for new and experienced teachers, providing them a morale boost and the knowledge they are appreciated. The teaching industry has embraced this book, and more than half the stories are from “celebrity” teachers, including all of the 2009 State Teachers of the Year and the 2009 National Teacher of the Year. There is a lot of buzz about this book in the teaching industry and those teachers who don’t receive it as a gift are sure to buy it for themselves, to read these 101 true stories by great teachers and appreciative students, with lots of laughs, poignant moments, and some tears too.
As a young child I loved school. I know that it was a direct result of the teachers I had and the school I was in at the time. I was heartbroken when I couldn’t attend anymore. Teachers can make such a difference, they can have such an impact on a person’s life. As students you get to hear other student’s stories about what teachers influenced them. But you don’t get the opportunity to hear about what student’s impacted teachers. This book is broken up into chapters – Why We Teach, First Year Tales, Learning From The Kids, Great Ideas, Thanks I Needed That, That Was Embarrassing, Touched By A Student, The Teacher Who Changed My Life, Tough Kids, Reconnecting, and Reflections On Being A Teacher. The stories are all short and meaningful, some humorous and some inspiring. Many of the authors are teachers that have won state teacher of the year awards. My favorite stories were The Power Of The Pen, My Christmas Lesson, Field Trip Fiasco and Special Treatment. This book would make a great gift for any reader, and an especially great gift for a teacher or someone that wants to become a teacher.
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sounds great a teacher that inspired me was Mr. Vondrak because he was my US History teacher & he also went out driving
Sounds like a great book to read. One teacher that inspired me was Mr.Vondrak he was my US History & he also was the teacher that taught me how to drive. It wasn’t for him being patient with me I don’t think I would know how to drive today.
The kids make it what it is. I remember the thrill of receiving a yearbook years later that a promisiung sgtudent helped write. I rememb er the boy so gifted. I remember the one shattered by his father.