{"product_id":"letters-to-a-teacher-9780802142276","title":"Letters to a Teacher","description":"Sam Pickering has been teaching, guiding, performing, and inspiring for more than forty years. As a young English teacher at Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee, his musings on literature and his maverick pedagogy touched a student named Tommy Schulman, who later wrote the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eDead Poets Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome reminder that teaching is a joy and an art. In ten graceful yet conversational letters addressed to teachers of all types, Pickering shares compelling, funny, always elucidating anecdotes from a lifetime in the classrooms of school and universities. His priceless, homespun observations touch on topics such as competition, curiosity, enthusiasm, and truth. More than a how-to guide, \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation into the hearts and minds of an extraordinary educator and his students, and an irresistible call to reflection for the teacher who knows he or she must be compassionate, optimistic, respectful, firm, and above all dynamic. This is an indispensable guide for teachers and laymen alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Pickering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.32h x 5.06w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802142276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 30","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41261851803763,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":13.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a2d6ef0c-7c48-494d-b566-0f652cd69568.jpg?v=1705502143","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/letters-to-a-teacher-9780802142276","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}