About the Book

 Do you think you know what is happening in schools today?

Just because you attended public school or even studied to become an  educator doesn’t mean you have any idea of what it is really like behind  the teacher’s desk.

In this her first book, Jennie Bergerson, looks back at her thirty  year teaching career.  Being a teacher is so much more than what you  assume from being a student yourself or from what you were taught in  your education courses.  Writing lessons, encouraging, disciplining,  grading:  those are the tip of the ice berg.  In her book, “Telling  Stories out of School:  How I Survived 30 Years of Teaching”, Jennie  covers how she and others dealt with issues from irate parents, students  and colleagues to lockdowns to just plain hilarious student comments.

There are so many situations in the education field that are never  taught in college or witnessed by the students.  Most educators go in to  the field having no idea what they are about to face.  It can quickly  become a sink or swim situation.

Reading the short stories in this book will provide ideas of how some  educators handled situations you’ll not learn about from a college  syllabus.  You can see how some situations were handle well and from  others, you can see how you might have handled it better.

The short stories told by professional educator, Jennie Bergerson  will leave you laughing, crying, in awe as well as in misbelieve.  If  you’re not going in to education, but have school age children or  grandchildren, this book can offer an idea of what your child’s  educators endure.

If you’d like an idea of some of the things that go on behind the  scenes at schools, “Telling Stories out of School:  How I Survived 30  Years of Teaching” is a must read book.