Confessions of an Anarchist Math Teacher (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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"Teaching is about taking risks and crossing borders. Its an unpredictable road trip with your family dog. You have responsibilities and worries, but the dog is always ready to go forward, to jubilantly explore and happily negotiate a way out of a gun fight"
John Thayer learned this in a weird way after teaching in many schools across the country, and being open to learning from his experiences. Like the time in the ambulance on the first day of school one year, "that kid probably always wanted to do that to a math teacher" he joked to the paramedics after they found him flopping around on the pavement like a fish, and wishing he had taken the bus.
In this candid look at teaching, he challenges the status quo and asks hard questions to get at the heart of how teachers can solve problems. Doing so means joining a revolution of teachers taking back the freedom to do their jobs and teach real kids, despite the system the politicians and lobbyists have been pushing on them, their students, and families.
He also celebrates the accomplishments of once struggling students who've become avid learners of mathematics through projects such as composing their own music, or finding God in architecture. Whether you're a teacher, a parent, or a student, you'll find his humor laden enthusiasm contagious when you've read Confessions of an Anarchist Math Teacher.