The Loneliness of the Long Distance Teacher: A Memoir

by Edward A. Joseph

Overview

An engaging, powerful, and emotionally penetrating memoir of what it takes a classroom teacher to survive in a large urban public school system. As he tells of being assaulted by an angry student during his first year of teaching, his effort at the end of his career to discipline a multihandicapped child, and his pain in dealing with a personal tragedy, Edward Joseph's humanity and honesty capture the reader's mind and emotions. Through vivid storytelling, the reader is with the author as he persists, and at times triumphs, during a long and intriguing career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462801688
Publisher:	Xlibris Corporation
Publication date:	10/29/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	456 KB

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	9
	Introduction	11
Part I13
	Beginnings	15
	Hills	18
	Knock Down	22
	Losing It	27
	I Am Not Black	30
	June Joy and Summer Doubts	32
	Building Bridges	33
	Factory	36
	Course Change	39
Part II41
	Homesick	43
	Bad Track	46
	Administrative Assignment Blues	49
	Strike	53
	Serendipity	58
Part III63
	New Beginnings	65
	Nuts and Bolts	70
	More Nuts and Bolts	75
	New Student	78
	Staff Loss	84
	Students in Crisis	86
	Laughter and Other Positive Happenings	91
	Joe From Brooklyn and The Art of Living	95
	Challenges	98
	Helping Weary Teachers	105
	Another Bend in the Course	109
Part IV115
	Painful Memory	117
Part V121
	Transitions	123
Part VI129
	Course Divides	131
Part VII139
	Rocky Trail	141
	More Hills	148
	Running Thoughts	154
	Human Relations	158
	Second Wind	162
Part VIII167
	Painful Beginnings	169
	Special Kids	175
	Heading Home	178
	Epilogue	183