Teacher Misery, Jane Morris
Teacher Misery, Jane Morris
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Teacher Misery
Helicopter Parents, Special Snowflakes, and Other Bullshit

Author: Jane Morris

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/29/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Education, Humor

Synopsis

Teacher Misery perfectly encapsulates the comical misery that has become the teaching profession. Jane Morris's strange, funny, and sometimes unbelievable teaching experiences are told through a collection of short stories, essays and artifacts including real emails from parents, students and administrators. From the parents who blame their son's act of arson on the teacher for causing him low self-esteem, to the student who offers to teach the teacher how to sell drugs so she can pay her bills, to the administrator whose best advice is to "treat kids like sacks of shit," one story is more shocking than the next. An important book for teachers and non-teachers alike, Teacher Misery paints an amusing and thoroughly entertaining picture of what has become of our education system, without detracting from the overall point that what teachers have to put up with today is complete, utter, unacceptable insanity.

About Jane Morris

Jane Morris is the pen name of a teacher who would really like to tell you more about herself, but she is afraid she'll lose her job. She has taught English for over ten years in a major American city. She received her BA in English and secondary education from a well-known university. She earned her MA in writing from an even fancier (more expensive) university. She loves dogs and trees and other things that can't talk. She has a loving family and cares about making people laugh more than anything else.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 29, 2016

Rate : 4.5 stars TEACHERS! FUTURE TEACHERS ! GET THIS BOOK NOW! Yup, you see that right! This book is a necessity for every teacher, especially the future educators. First of all, let me thank to the author for sending me a copy of an ebook version of this book. To be honest, this is not really my ki......more

Goodreads review by John on November 14, 2019

The author positions herself as an infallible, high-and-mighty overlord of the classroom who is victim of the dunces who dare grace her classroom. I've been a teacher for almost twenty years, and recognize the frustrations that she illuminates. I also recognize the particular form of bitterness and......more

Goodreads review by Randal on August 25, 2016

Morris recounts her experiences as a teacher over the course of several years. At first, I found myself amazed that any teacher had to put up with the behaviors of students, parents, and educators, that the author described. Truly horrifying to have to go to work and deal with that! Eventually though,......more

Goodreads review by Dave on July 15, 2016

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I would more accurately rate this as a 2.5 star book. Well, now that we've gotten that out of the way, I have to say this resembles the memoir thousands of teachers across the nation intended to write one day when they finally retire......more

Goodreads review by Megalion on July 15, 2016

What the synopsis promises, the book delivers. It's billed as humor but at it's heart, it's a tragedy. I did laugh out loud at some of the anecdotes. The rest, as amusing as they are in their insanity, that it's not fiction is horrifying. I do keep in mind that this is one school teacher's experienc......more

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