{"product_id":"tales-from-the-teachers-lounge-9780385339285","title":"Tales from the Teachers' Lounge","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62242201141635,"sku":"9780385339285","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780385339285.jpg?v=1785396775","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/tales-from-the-teachers-lounge-9780385339285","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}