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So many “👏HECK YES” moments when listening to this book! Based on American education systems, but so relatable for any teacher. These systems are crippled and crumbling. Listen up, world. Something has to change.

#nonfictionnovember
It actually took me a few months to finish this book, but I read a good bulk of it this month. I have such mixed feelings. It is definitely a Pick, but reading about the teachers the book follows for a school year-elementary teacher,MS math teacher,MS Spec ed teacher.Their work trials, mistakes,successes,lack of resources,admin support,parent issues-all affects their personal lives. It was depressing, insulting,infuriating🔽

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Finished: April in Spain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In process:
~The Shop on Royal Street 14/33 chapters #audio
~The Teachers on Ch. “December”- goes until June
~A Cryptic Clue was lost in my house!!! Found today so will resume ch3 #libraryfind
~The Corpse Castle Murders ch 47/77 #dorsetcrimebook1
~The Most Likely Club finished required section #sundaybuddyread

#librarians #schoollibrarians #townlibrarians

The December chapter in this book devotes 10 pages to the utmost importance of the role of the Librarian(or Media Specialist) in schools.the discussion also focuses on the invisibility, disregard, & in some districts the elimination of this position, deemed unnecessary by many school boards & districts. #librariansoflitsy

#Teachersoflitsy #openheart

My husband gave this to me this past year. I just started it. My goal is to read a chapter per day if I can. #teachersoflitsy #achapteraday #porchlife

This book!!! Having dealt with many of the same situations and feelings I feel seen!!

Robbins did an exceptional job of walking a reader through a year in the life as a teacher. Many times, I could relate to each situation (I taught middle school for 25 years.) I‘d like a teacher in there that holds the line, yet isn‘t beloved. Parent pressure is real, toxic interactions in buildings happen, charters are encroaching on public schools, and I‘m glad that this one showcases these issues.

The author follows three teachers through a school year, and adds some research about teaching in this day and age. I would have liked more of the personal stories and less of the factual content, but it's still an eye-opening read. #nonfiction #education

A Maryland administrator to a group of female math teachers: "Long-term subs are really hard to find, so I need you to not get really sick or pregnant this year." #FirstlineFridays @ShyBookOwl

About 1/3 into this, and really enjoying it. The teachers profiled are amazing. #nonfiction #education

Amazing account of teachers‘ struggles throughout the US. Though the author is not an educator, she captures authentic experiences in a storytelling fashion in her writing.

A behind-the-scenes look at what many U.S. teachers endure— entitled helicopter parents, peer bullying, a lack of administrative support, the force of a minority of bigoted parents who are trying to dictate how and what they teach, and the expectation that they will take a bullet (or a deadly disease during a pandemic) for our children. And yet they do it because in the end they love the kids. It‘s a sobering story.

#Nonfiction2023

Sadly, I didn‘t find anything in the book surprising. I have several friends who are teachers in low economic schools, this book is true to form. I would recommend this book to anyone who just doesn‘t believe or understand the education problems we have in this country.

Robbins looks at the reality of being a teacher in America, both joys and systemic problems. In addition to many smaller interviews, she follows the lives of three teachers for a year: a middle school math teacher beloved by students but in a bad marriage, a young elementary school teacher trying to balance work and a social life, and a passionate middle school special Ed teacher in a poor school district facing burnout. Fantastic! Read this!

Pretty pumped about this one ✊🤓🖤