Never Too Old To Teach: How Middle Aged Wisdom Can Transform Young Minds In the Classroom

Read about Cole, who would rather argue with a teacher than deal with his writing disability, and read how the teacher made him believe in himself.

Read about Laurie, who absolutely made a new teacher's first year just by saying one sentence.

Read about Jeff, whose mother demanded that he be removed from a classroom because his teacher reported him for smelling like marijuana, and read how Jeff responded to his teacher's actions.

Read about Bob, who started behaving better and respecting the teacher more when a rule was relaxed in the classroom.

It's all in this book: 325 pages of a middle-aged man's journey from twenty years in a corporate cubicle to his first year of teaching high school.

Full of funny and poignant stories, this book provides richly detailed accounts of events, lessons, and conversations that actually occurred in the author's special education English classroom. Neil Goldman's accounts are accompanied by narratives and reflections that give the reader insight into the true nature of teaching high school English to a diverse student body with learning disabilities.

If you want to know what it's really like to teach in a large suburban high school--if you want to know the truth about the joy, the frustration, the laughter, the learning--then you need to read this book.

There are no other books on the market that give such a detailed, honest picture of what it's like to teach English to juniors and seniors who never did well in English.

If you're a teacher--especially if you're a special education teacher or a regular ed teacher with special education students, this book is a "must read". Topics covered include:

• maintaining classroom control
• developing effective curriculum
• collaborating with families for positive outcomes
• working with administrators successfully
• establishing student rapport

Even if you're not a teacher, you'll still laugh along with Neil's stories that capture the true essence of working with teenagers. You'll feel the poignancy of the statements his students make about their self-image, their home lives, their fears and dreams. You'll know how difficult and how wonderful it is to be a teacher of students that know they've been placed in a special education class.

If you're interested in teaching, or are a teacher, or like to read about the reality of teen behavior and learning, this book is for you. Get your copy today!