Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids,New

Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids,New

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**A New York Times Bestseller**May be the most revealing depiction of the American contemporary classroom that we have to date.' Garret Keizer, The New York Times Book ReviewBestselling author Nicholson Baker, in pursuit of the realities of American public education, signed up as a substitute teacher in a Maine public school district.In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an oncall substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatchers fiveforty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best to follow lesson plans and help his students get something done. What emerges from Bakers experience is a complex, often touching deconstruction of public schooling in America: children swamped with overdue assignments, overwhelmed by the marvels and distractions of social media and educational technology, and staff who weary themselves trying to teach in step with an often outmoded or overly ambitious standard curriculum.In Bakers hands, the inner life of the classroom is examined anewmundane worksheets, recess timeouts, surprise nosebleeds, rebellions, griefs, jealousies, minor triumphs, kindergarten showandtell, daily lessons on everything from geology to metal tech to the Holocaustas he and his pupils struggle to find ways to get through the day. Baker is one of the most inventive and remarkable writers of our time, and Substitute, filled with humor, honesty, and empathy, may be his most impressive work of nonfiction yet.

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