alyssadormire's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

emyvrooom's review

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3.0

I was happy to have the opportunity to read other teachers' "first-time" stories, but so many of them were written by people who started teaching 40/50 years ago and passed along lessons that didn't necessarily age well. Today's testing culture doesn't lend itself to the same issues with technology or curricula creation as it did half a century ago. I wish more of the authors had chosen to pass on timeless advice that wouldn't become less relevant as the years wear on. Near the end, there were more stories from teachers in the Google-era who shared stories (funny, enthusiastic, helpful) that were surprisingly more timeless than those penned by long-time teachers.
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