"Mr. Gish, May I Go to the Bathroom?" My First Year as a High School Teacher

by Steven Gish

Overview

The book is about a high school teacher's first year of teaching. Teacher education classes are heavy on psychology, theory and outcomes. This book is about none of that. This is a trench level walk-through, daily or weekly, of that first year, discussing issues a new teacher faces, or dodges. You will be exposed to sometimes minute by minute problems and opportunities a teacher deals with in class, and sometimes in the hallways. There is success, failure, fights, fear, and fun. You will feel the angst about whether the whole thing is working, sudden needs to abandon plans and improvise, and the relentless need for preparation. This view of the first year is not found in classic education classes. As an ethics professor said, as we go on this walk through the year, don't wear your nice shoes.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164006457
Publisher:	Steven Gish
Publication date:	03/15/2020
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	368 KB

About the Author

I am Steve Gish. I had been a lawyer for several years, but for a variety of reasons wanted to switch and be a high school teacher and coach. I went back to college to get my credentials. While we admired the professors and their efforts, my classmates and I noticed a glaring problem: there was little to no exposure or discussion of what actually happens, day to day, hour by hour, event by event, in (or out of) the classroom for the rookie teacher. After getting my teaching certificate, I did about of year of substitute teaching at all levels, including one day when I literally lost a class of first graders. "Uh, Mrs. Wilson, did you see where my class went?" I then obtained a job teaching high school social studies, and my wife and several small kids moved to attempt this adventure. We had our feet planted firmly in mid-air. This book is a trench level walk through the first year of a high school teacher, dealing with the preparation needed, and abandoned, the angst of wanting to succeed and be accepted, and the interactions with the willing and not-so-willing students. As said elsewhere, as you come on this walk, don't wear your nice shoes.