tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354570702071119213.post5740598245867531225..comments2024-03-13T22:49:15.718-04:00Comments on DWD's Reviews: I'D LIKE to APOLOGIZE to EVERY TEACHER I EVER HAD: MY YEAR as a ROOKIE TEACHER at NORTHEAST HIGH by Tony DanzaDWDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410063427689693237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354570702071119213.post-58483132765830153752018-02-20T02:13:39.898-05:002018-02-20T02:13:39.898-05:00I am a new teacher, and when my wife gave me this ...I am a new teacher, and when my wife gave me this book, I had low expectations. Like the reviewer above indicated, the book seemed like a publicity stunt. I expected a superficial goofy story with tearjerker anecdotes.<br /><br />I was wrong. It’s a really wonderful book. I spent the last year reading several classic recommended books on teaching, by Wilber McKeachie and Parker Palmer, among others.<br /><br />Mr. Danza’s book was a little like all these other books combined. It included his disasters, his successes, his conversations with students and other teachers, advice he is given, his own reflections, from how to engage students to what ails public education.<br /><br />I’m really not doing the book justice. For someone new to teaching, read it. I teach at a community college, so you don’t even have to be a secondary school teacher to like this book. It’s one of the best books I’ve read at this crazy time in my life. I just thanked my wife for it!Kyle Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624316859316008803noreply@blogger.com