Full Classrooms, Empty Selves: Reflections on a Decade of Teaching in an American High School

By Jeremy Adams

Book Overview

Teaching in a modern day high school is never boring. Ten years into his career, Jeremy Adams discovered that there was something "just not right" about his classroom. In a memoir that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, the euphoria of teaching and the bitter disappointments along the way are chronicled with both wit and insight. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes profound, Full Classrooms, Empty Selves is an entertaining account of modern education that culminates in a surprising thesis that is certain to provoke discussion for readers of all stripes.Full Classrooms, Empty Selves was the recipient of the 2012 Middleman Boutique Book Prize.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475045107
• ISBN13: 9781475045109
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.1"