{"product_id":"tales-from-the-teachers-lounge-what-i-learned-in-school-the-second-time-around-one-mans-irreverent-look-at-being-a-teacher-today-9780385339285","title":"Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Around-One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher Today","description":"From the critically acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eDaddy Needs a Drink\u003c\/b\u003e--hailed by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"consistently hilarious\"--comes a series of irreverent, wickedly observant essays about what it really means to be a teacher today. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Robert Wilder dissects the world's noblest profession--whether he's taming a classroom full of hormonal teenagers or going one-on-one with the school bully. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wilder was twenty-six when he found his true calling. Leaving a lucrative advertising career in New York, he got a job as an assistant first-grade teacher at a Santa Fe alternative school--and never looked back. Now he brings his unique perspective--as a teacher, parent, and former student--to a series of laugh-out-loud essays that show teaching at its most absurd...and most rewarding. With brutal candor he chronicles his own lively adventures in modern education, from navigating cutthroat kindergarten sign-ups to subbing for a class experiment gone wrong-and dares to tell about it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He shares the surprising lessons he's learned in the trenches of his profession, including how to bribe a four-year-old (his own) to stop swearing in a Lutheran preschool and the best way to teach moody teenagers...manage \"helicopter\" parents...and cope with bullies--whether of the school-yard, Internet, or parental kind. And he offers tough love for cheaters who log on to www.SchoolSucks.com, then puts to rest forever the question of why new teachers gain weight (hint: the free donuts don't help). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In\u003cb\u003e Tales from the Teachers' Lounge\u003c\/b\u003e, Robert Wilder charts life's learning curve with a warmth and humor you don't find in textbooks. By turns heartwarming, eye-opening, and uproariously funny, these pitch-perfect essays offer priceless lessons in life, family, learning, and teaching from a true lover of education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Wilder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.52w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385339285","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48949891235977,"sku":"9780385339285","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_8bc2d241-5315-4364-bc91-24055a46fc24.jpg?v=1794299111","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/tales-from-the-teachers-lounge-what-i-learned-in-school-the-second-time-around-one-mans-irreverent-look-at-being-a-teacher-today-9780385339285","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}