My Best Teachers Were Saints: What Every Educator Can Learn from the Heroes of the Church

by Susan H. Swetnam

Discipline problems, self-doubt, tense meetings, classroom stress . . . Couldn't every teacher use some saintly help?

Every teacher can think of at least one mentor who has served as an inspiration over the years. However, many teachers--even those with a Catholic faith--might not have considered that saints can serve as mentors. Author and teacher Susan H. Swetnam believes that saints aren't only good teachers--they're the best teachers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082942329X
• ISBN13: 9780829423297
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Loyola Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An Educator's Affirmation

This book provided me with wonderful inspiration and affirmation. Through the lives of the saints, I was able to receive a picture of how great educators lived their lives. Their daily example also gives affirmation that my strengths and weaknesses are shared by some of the greatest teachers that have ever lived!