Chalk Dust on My Shoulder

By Charles G. Rousculp

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0675095433
• ISBN13: 9780675095433
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Merrill Pub Co
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great man and a Great Teacher

"Charlie" was my speech teacher for three years of my High School life. From 1983 - 1985 Worthington High Schools Alternative Program was blessed by Charlies genius and style. I remember him and how he made a difficult class interesting and less intimidating with his wit and style. A true classic as is this book recounting only a small portion of a great career.

Still timely after all these years

Although Rousculp wrote his book over three decades ago, many of the issues he raises are still important today--perhaps even more so as small schools close and bureaucrats try to determine educational policy. An English teacher myself, as Rousculp was, I expected to enjoy the book as a look back at the past, the past so often held up as the ideal in education. However, I was surprised at how similar many of Rousculp's dilemmas still affect teachers today--students swallowed by out of school demands, cheating, parents who don't care about their children's learning, budget crunches, low salaries and respect, unmotivated students, and so forth. Like Rousculp, I do truly enjoy teaching and experience many of the rewards he mentions, too. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the directions education is taking as well as where it has come from. My only reservation about the book is the author's occasionally overblown style, which can sometimes strike the reader as a transparent attempt to impress with obscure vocabulary. However, the content far outweighs the weakness in this excellent book.