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In this book, editors Holly and Bruce Holbert present readers with a collection of stories from students who credit their teachers with changing their lives for the better. The editors have organized the selections that make up the main body of the text in four parts devoted to the impact of the experiences of notable people with their teachers at the grade school, middle school, high school, and college levels. Bruce Hobert is a high school teacher from Washington state. Holly Holbert is an educator in Washington as well. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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<div>What do rock stars, Nobel laureates, bestselling novelists, astronauts, and attorneys have in common? A teacher changed their lives. Like them, most of us can name a teacher who gave us not only good instruction but also confidence and drive. But, in the face of teachers being blamed for a variety of social and economic woes, teachers themselves can easily wonder whether they are making a difference in students’ lives. When veteran teacher Bruce Holbert asked himself this question, his wife, Holly, responded by sending letters to hundreds of people she had never met and had no reason to believe would respond, asking about teachers who mattered to them. She was overwhelmed by answers. <i>Thank You, Teacher</i> presents more than eighty of these up-close-and-personal stories. By a delightfully diverse range of contributors, these essays are wise and witty testaments to the teachers who do what they do every day without expecting recognition, but who so richly deserve it.</div>
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