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Thank you, teacher : grateful students tell the stories of the teachers who changed their lives / edited by Holly & Bruce Holbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teachers--Biography.
- Teachers.
- Students--Biography.
- Students.
- Educators--Biography.
- Educators.
- Authors--Biography.
- Authors.
- Celebrities--Biography.
- Celebrities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 280 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Novato, California : New World Library, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What do rock stars, Nobel laureates, bestselling novelists, astronauts, and attorneys have in common? A teacher changed their lives.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Dear Teacher
- Dear Monsieur Germain
- Part One. Grade School
- Almost Like Singing
- I Was Your First-Grade Teacher
- She Made Me Feel as If the World Was Mine to Conquer
- She Loved the Boys and Girls of Haldeman
- An Arena for Me to Shine
- I Didn't Know Her First Name
- The Time I Needed
- Love of Reading
- Ode to Teachers
- Mrs. Lane's Olympics
- Miss Germaine Earth
- Unforgettable
- I Met Her Only Once
- What I Remember
- John Dark
- Teachers
- Suzanne Will Be a Writer
- It Only Took Me a Moment or Two to Recognize Him
- She Would Invite Me Up to Her Desk
- Part Two. Middle School
- He Could Understand
- As Tall as I Would Ever Need to Be
- She Had Expectations
- All the Lights inside My Head Came On
- An Encouraging Figure
- I Have No Idea What They Saw
- He Was So Passionate about Reading
- Renowned for Her High Standards
- He Thought I Was Smart
- We Knew What Love Was
- Part Three. High School
- With Love and High Hopes
- Full of Thinking and Caring
- I Will Be Forever in Her Debt
- Never without His Hat
- Shaped and Furiously Polished by My Teachers
- The Writer inside Me
- He Made Class Fun
- Changing the Face of Rock and Roll
- Thank God for English Teachers
- I Am Thankful for Her Efforts
- You Know, I Have No Idea
- Keep Going
- In a Different Way
- Please Use Only Sentences You've Never Heard Before
- Forty Years Later
- Respect
- A "Class Act"
- My Journey with Books
- "That" Teacher
- Not in the Right Neighborhood
- Ignited a Fire in Me
- Unlimited Opportunities
- And So She Read
- She Was Right
- Thanks, Mom
- The Final Piece of the Puzzle
- A Man of Passion
- You'll Never Amount to a Hill of Beans
- Unquestioned Authority
- To Be Inspired, to Inspire
- The Death-Defying Mr. G.
- All Things Pass
- He Made Me Feel Valued
- A World of Possibility
- He Taught Me More Important Life Skills
- Don't Know Anyone Like Him
- Ça Va
- I Was Mesmerized
- He Saved My Life
- Part Four. College
- You're Going to Be a Writer
- A Grandson
- Made a Lasting Impression
- He Had Done His Homework about Our Pasts
- Walter Taught Liberation
- I Remember the Kindness
- My Friend and Teacher
- His Dazzling Language
- On a Tangent
- The Man Was Right on the Money
- No More Gold Stars
- Home of the Soul
- Stepping on the Edge of My Doubting
- A Beloved Teacher Calls My Writing "Fecking Crap"
- A Mentor and a Friend
- I Had the Good Fortune to Work with Him
- Permission Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments
- Index of Contributors
- About the Editors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60868-419-9
- OCLC:
- 946007646
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