Never Too Old to Teach: How Middle-Aged Wisdom Can Transform Young Minds in the Classroom
Neil M. Goldman's book is simultaneously heartwarming and humorous, respectful of his students and his profession, and richly complex and thought-provoking. Through his short stories, he expertly conveys the numerous dilemmas that good teachers manage, the challenges with which educators are confronted in today's world, and the glorious successes that occur often enough for each teacher to persevere. --Mary Bay, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USANeil M. Goldman offers fellow practitioners -- in the spirit of the birthday buffet gloriously arranged in the teachers' lounge -- a candid and painfully humorous insight into the world of teaching at-risk students. While many of us have often wished that we memorialized all of these fantastically teachable moments, Goldman has successfully captured them with exceptional wit tempered with dignity for his students.