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This book is so right on target and so laugh out loud funny that i could not read on my teacher break because I just couldn't help laughing out loud at the vivid and accurate portrayal of life in the Teacher's Lounge. A winner!


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Tales from the Teachers' Lounge An Irreverent View of What It Really Means To Be a Teacher Today Robert Wilder 9780385339278 Books Reviews

I'm an elementary school teacher, and I enjoy reading the expereinces of those teachers who are fortunate enough to be able to get thier stories in print. Ron Clark's books, while self-congratulatory, have some value. Dan Brown's 'The Great Expectations School' was one of the most realistic tales on education that I've read yet. I've found authors such as Phillip Done to be quite entertaining, and that was what I was hoping to find here, particularly since this book occupied the same shelf at the bookstore as the above authors. 'Tales From the Teachers' Lounge' was not in any way eye-opening, helpful or even entertaining.

Irreverent, yes. Crude...oh, yes. You'd imagine someone who believes himself a talented writer could come up with better descriptons than the awful metaphors Wilder relies on. Perhaps my largest problem with this book was that it rarely discussed the field of teaching. There were a few anecdotes about students and co-workers, most of whom are fat and bad dressers. He also complains about inservices and internal politics at his school, but the teaching content was not strong enough to actually say the book was "about" teaching. There was just as much, if not more included about Wilder's family and his own childhood. Aside from the vulgar language, this was my biggest problem with the book. Yes, there is an audience for Wilder's humor, but it should not be marketed in the "education" area of the bookstore or in search engines because this book is in no way about education.
Warning! Robert Wilder's tales may produce snort-laughing! Read with caution in public places. This is the perfect book to read if you're looking to put a smile on your face.
Rob Wilder's latest book is an up-close look at the life of a school teacher. Very funny and at times very poignant, Tales . . . tells us much about Wilder's own experiences in the classroom and about that rare mix of humor, drama, knowledge of one's subject matter, and love of kids that makes a great teacher. I recommend it highly!
The book was just what it showed online. I personnaly did not like the book. What you read when you look inside the book must have been the funniest part. I did not finish reading the book and that is unusual for me. I try to finish all books that i start reading.
Any teacher who has been in education for a while or is just starting out should read this book. There are great stories from a teacher who has been in a verity of schools and taught at many different grade levels. Some really funny stories about kids and the parents the every teacher "enjoys" (replace enjoys with; tolerates, deals with, works with, communicates, has issues with, etc.).

Some very good lessons to think about and ideas that just might help in the classroom.
Like a previous reviewer, I had to quit this book. Chapter four was my limit. Maybe if I'd finished I might have gotten SOMETHING out of this gutter-language, gutter-thinking book, but I didn't want to be dragged through the crap (excuse me), in-between. The author is lauded on the back cover, and I was fooled by people who should know a lack of quality when they see it.

Actually, this is my re-write of my review of this book because I originally quoted some of the author's language (even broken with dashes, which usually passes) and found it so offensive they wouldn't publish the review. This alone gives you an idea of what I am referring to. Maybe I can get away with saying there are too many "F" and "S" words, but that's being too mild.

Philosophically, the author views professional teachers (of which he is one) as being in the "education game" (p. 18), which he also refers to as the "saddest pleasure called teaching" (p.30).

Up to Chapter Four, at least, he writes about abnormal situations and such students and thinks we readers (many who will be teachers) should consider this interesting or humorous. I sense his moral compass is wobbly and unnecessarily pointing south. I found no sense of altruism; instead, I was struck by his negativity. I know I only read four out of twenty-four chapters, but an author sets the tone of his/her book early on, and this one is offensive (as one previous reviewer wrote).

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Mr. Wilder's book is chock full of funny and creative metaphorical comparisons. However, there are few moments of serious introspection. For the most part, his memoir is a light, whimsical compilation of misadventures in the teaching world. In one chapter (pages 66-76 in paperback edition), the author either fails to recognize or felt it wasn't important to elaborate that two, "eccentric" outcasts in one of his classes were clearly Asperger (high-functioning autism) kids. The stories of dealing and observing these two students were very funny, but also a missed opportunity to educate the reader about autism. And that is the crux of Mr. Wilder's book. Lots of laughs if you like your humor somewhat caustic, but chances are you won't walk away from this volume being more enlightened about the teaching profession. This type of humor isn't for everyone. I found the book enjoyable and a nice, brief distraction from more serious works.
This book is so right on target and so laugh out loud funny that i could not read on my teacher break because I just couldn't help laughing out loud at the vivid and accurate portrayal of life in the Teacher's Lounge. A winner!