A Teacher's Tale: A Memoir

A Teacher's Tale: A Memoir

by Joe Gilliland
A Teacher's Tale: A Memoir

A Teacher's Tale: A Memoir

by Joe Gilliland

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Overview

It was never in author Joe Gilliland's plan to become

a teacher, certainly not a college teacher and most

certainly not an English teacher. But that's what

happened, and he's never looked back. In A Teacher's Tale, he explains how by neither planning for nor seeking a life of learning and teaching, lacking a syllabus or lesson plan, he discovered that a life in academe lay in his path-a path he's followed for more than fifty years. A Teacher's Tale begins in 1932 with Gilliland's first experiences in schooling and concludes in the summer of 1955 just as he completes his apprenticeship and stands on the brink of becoming a qualified instructor in a small college in east Texas. This memoir presents a collection of stories about his experiences

as a teacher and a college student. A story of schooling deeply immersed in the arts and humanities, A Teacher's

Tale shares Gilliland's love of the university and how it compelled him to seek a life devoted to teaching, primarily in the community college arena. Through this narrative, he brings together a philosophy of higher education based on the importance of arts and humanities in today's high-tech world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781636492223
Publisher: Global Summit House
Publication date: 09/25/2020
Pages: 652
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.44(d)
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