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4.0
I won this book in a first reads giveaway...
Memoirs/Biographies/Autobiographies are not my forte these days, I prefer to spend my free time in fictional places, but this book intrigued me. Partially because it was based in the education world (as I am) and also because it promised an honest look at how society, in this instance, failed to protect one of its own, instead ignoring, attacking, and judging.
I have seen the world Ms. Collins comes from...the good side and the bad. I have been the type to curl up in a ball like an armadillo and take it, so to read how she stood her ground and went public (yikes!) is rather inspiring. Although occasionally the opinions she expressed rubbed me the wrong way, I respect that not everyone thinks as I do. ;)
I did really enjoy the chapter on PTSD for teachers...that resonated with me in a big way. Being locked into the teaching way of life for so long, and then being, well...free of it, is...a dramatic shock to the system, to say the least. Whether one left of their own free will or not, it's quite an adjustment, and it's nice to hear someone else's take on it. I found myself wishing there had been more at the end, about how it felt to come out into a different life. I have many times found myself trying to describe the feeling to those about to leave the teaching field, and it's difficult to describe.
Well written, and an eye-opening example of how today's technologies have brought wonderful tools for learning and communicating, as well as the nastiest side of our societal personality, to the forefront of education.
Memoirs/Biographies/Autobiographies are not my forte these days, I prefer to spend my free time in fictional places, but this book intrigued me. Partially because it was based in the education world (as I am) and also because it promised an honest look at how society, in this instance, failed to protect one of its own, instead ignoring, attacking, and judging.
I have seen the world Ms. Collins comes from...the good side and the bad. I have been the type to curl up in a ball like an armadillo and take it, so to read how she stood her ground and went public (yikes!) is rather inspiring. Although occasionally the opinions she expressed rubbed me the wrong way, I respect that not everyone thinks as I do. ;)
I did really enjoy the chapter on PTSD for teachers...that resonated with me in a big way. Being locked into the teaching way of life for so long, and then being, well...free of it, is...a dramatic shock to the system, to say the least. Whether one left of their own free will or not, it's quite an adjustment, and it's nice to hear someone else's take on it. I found myself wishing there had been more at the end, about how it felt to come out into a different life. I have many times found myself trying to describe the feeling to those about to leave the teaching field, and it's difficult to describe.
Well written, and an eye-opening example of how today's technologies have brought wonderful tools for learning and communicating, as well as the nastiest side of our societal personality, to the forefront of education.
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