The Accidental Teacher: The joys, ambitions, ideals, stuff-ups and heartaches of a teaching life

Funny, poignant, charming and deeply sad at times, this is a fascinating insight into a teaching life.

With his sharp wit and poet's eye, Tim Heath writes of a forty-year career, mostly in New Zealand but also in Samoa. He's worked in small country schools, in big city schools, at the Correspondence School, in primary schools and in secondary schools. He's been a principal and a deputy principal.

Teaching wasn't his first choice, but once in the classroom he found his calling.

Tim is a p...