A young girl recalls the day her grandmother took her for a ride on the Swan Boats in the Boston Public Garden. An afternoon of colorful observations follows, along with a little magic.
A young girl recalls the day her grandmother took her for a ride on the Swan Boats in the Boston Public Garden. An afternoon of colorful observations ...
"Out-of-School Tales of a Reluctant Educator" ... is a brilliant, insightful, vivid, heartwarming narrative of a reluctant teacher's attempt to navigate the sometimes treacherous and rollicking waters of adolescence. Page had never wanted to be a teacher. She was out of work, there was a teacher shortage, and Milltown High School needed a teacher. She had no training, no coursework, knew nothing about adolescents, and, besides teaching world history and American geography, she was charged to teach first and second year Spanish even though she could barely speak a word. "Out-of-School Tales,"...
"Out-of-School Tales of a Reluctant Educator" ... is a brilliant, insightful, vivid, heartwarming narrative of a reluctant teacher's attempt to naviga...