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Not Quite Burned Out, but Crispy Around the Edges: Inspiration, Laughter, and Encouragement for Teachers

Not Quite Burned Out, but Crispy Around the Edges: Inspiration, Laughter, and Encouragement for Teachers
By Sharon M. Draper

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Product Description

This book of inspirational stories and essays is designed for any teacher who has survived the first week of the first year of teaching.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #387634 in Books
  • Published on: 2001-07-02
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

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  • ISBN13: 9780325003658
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About the Author
Sharon M. Draper, the 1997 Teacher of the Year and author of Teaching from the Heart (Heinemann, 2000), is an educator, a young adult novelist, a motivational speaker, and a poet. A National Board Certified Teacher, Draper is actively involved in encouraging and motivating all teachers and their students as well. She can be reached at her website: www.sharondraper.com.

Customer Reviews

Just Starting5
I left teaching for a job in Biotech a few years ago. If I had read this book first, I might not have left. I might have found the courage to finish my student teaching. Now times have changed again, I find my self in the credential program to be a guidance counselor. One of my assignments was to review a book about Philosophy of teaching, it was by chance that I came across Mrs. Draper's book. I believe that any form of art that invokes an emotional response in me to be brillant. Mrs. Draper's experiences placed in print brought me to tears, made me smile and most of all challenged me to think. I just wish I had read it sooner.

Don't Waste Your Time!!!1
Draper is incredibly egotistical and so blinded by her own accolades that she is incapable of empathizing with or truly capturing the experiences of anyone other than herself. She is ignorant of the potential of special education students promulgating that they will "never become doctors or lawyers"(p.96). She ended the book with an excerpt of another book she had previously written! Not enough people buying your books?! She trampled all over the experiences of others and stroked her ego until the very end. She is wordy and her writing is mediocre. Absolutely dreadful!!!