TheClashFan Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Shameless self-promotion time! I finally published my first ebook on Amazon Kindle. It's a novella (short novel) called The Owl, the Weasel, and the Toad and subtitled A Parody of Public Education Reform. It's an animal fable/satire like George Orwell's Animal Farm, but funny, I hope. Here's the link to its product page, where you can read the first 4+ chapters for free as a preview: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ3ZRR8G If you happen to be a member of Kindle Select, you can read it for free. During my 30 years as a high school teacher at two different schools, I had to deal with a series of what seemed rather useless and silly "reforms" and such from the federal government (No Child Left Behind, for example) on down the the state (Common Core, state tests and such) and local level. So many trends were sold to us as "the greatest thing ever," etc. So, this book makes fun of all of that, but there's also a serious side to the story as I go into "human nature" stuff like ambitious school system directors and insecure school principals forcing out teachers who they don't like, etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 41 minutes ago, TheClashFan said: Shameless self-promotion time! I finally published my first ebook on Amazon Kindle. It's a novella (short novel) called The Owl, the Weasel, and the Toad and subtitled A Parody of Public Education Reform. It's an animal fable/satire like George Orwell's Animal Farm, but funny, I hope. Here's the link to its product page, where you can read the first 4+ chapters for free as a preview: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ3ZRR8G If you happen to be a member of Kindle Select, you can read it for free. During my 30 years as a high school teacher at two different schools, I had to deal with a series of what seemed rather useless and silly "reforms" and such from the federal government (No Child Left Behind, for example) on down the the state (Common Core, state tests and such) and local level. So many trends were sold to us as "the greatest thing ever," etc. So, this book makes fun of all of that, but there's also a serious side to the story as I go into "human nature" stuff like ambitious school system directors and insecure school principals forcing out teachers who they don't like, etc. Just downloaded it… i am a member, I’m in Miami next week at a conference, I’ll give it a read on the plane. Awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 5 hours ago, TheClashFan said: The Owl, the Weasel, and the Toad 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClashFan Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 2 hours ago, SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN said: Damn, you ruined the surprise that I had in store for The Owl, the Weasel, and the Toad 2...except I was thinking the hiring of Gase... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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