NEVER SMILE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, A Letter to Students of All Ages (signed)
by Raycroft, John
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0921252897
- ISBN 13
- 9780921252894
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: Legas, 1999. Book. Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Raycroft, on title page. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A memoir of the author's 26 years spent teaching high school in Ontario, written as a letter to former students, and unflinchingly critical of a system which he saw as sucking the best out of the fodder forced into its ravenous maw, and at the other end churning out homogenised husks. "If you have ever wondered about the process of marking and grading, or had doubts about the value of humiliation as an incentive to learn, or if you believe that the same rules of ethics and the same means of earning respect should apply to both student and teacher, then this book will interest you." 303 pages. An unread copy, internally tight and clean..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012458
- Title
- NEVER SMILE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, A Letter to Students of All Ages (signed)
- Author
- Raycroft, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0921252897
- ISBN 13
- 9780921252894
- Publisher
- Legas
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- TEACHERS, TEACHING, EDUCATION, EDUCATORS, ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOLS, NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; Signed (all categories);
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