Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

Though this is about an elementary school teacher, there are a few strategies that are applicable to high school teachers as well. And now it's time for a rant. I'm sure the author is a great teacher and his kids learn a lot from him. But--and this is very important--this is yet another book which desc......more

I think I read this book when I was using Goodreads simply as a tracker. Driving home from work, I heard an interview with Mr. Esquith wherein he was describing a challenging day of lighting the Bunsen burner for lab. The kids were getting frustrated, so he got all into and indeed, did get the burne......more

You know those students who, when studying, highlight nearly every sentence in the textbook? Well, that's how I was with Rafe Esquith's outstanding teaching book. I set out to flag the pages containing suggestions I found particularly helpful and quickly ended up abandoning that idea when I realized......more

Teacher books are either, how to books that include lesson plans, methods, etc. or "inspirational" books about how a teacher succeeded in tough situations. This is a combination of both I feel. On the positive, it is not as dry as most methods books, and not as sappy as most inspirational books. The......more

Man. I wish we all had the monetary means to be as awesome a teacher as this guy is. Didn't anyone else find that this book was totally unreasonable, especially for Catholic school teachers? I barely make enough money to pay my mortgage and bills, so if I took on 4 extra jobs, it would not be to tak......more