It's Not All Flowers and Sausages: My Adventures in Second Grade
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607140667 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Her sendups of administrators are wickedly funny: the Weave, the assistant principal, is a pro at ignoring pressing issues, spending most of her time in her office reading the newspaper; a staff developer she calls the Bacon Hunter concocts whimsical, sadistic assessments after much time ordering her breakfast; the Fanny Pack, a support staffer, is a supremely clueless interrupter of the important daily schedule. . Having taught second grade for seven years, Mrs. Mimi (aka Jennifer Scoggin) thumbs her nose at the stereotypes and the testing-mad, regulation-heavy supervisors who keep her from doing what she does best: teaching. The author rages from her soapbox about the school's Going Green policy (meaning she has to fight to make photocopies), data-gathering, meetings and unhelpful parents such as the ubiquitou
Join Mrs. Hip and hiilarious, she brings us into her New York City classroom, with no hold barred. Meet Mrs. Mimi - she's the second grade teacher every kid should have. Based on her popular blog, It's Not All Flowers and Sausages shows us what it's like to commune with seven-year-olds for a living - pee jokes, annoying colleagues, and all. From the Great Pencil Crisis of 2003 to ill-fated field trips (lesson #1: don't trust a farm in Queens), Mrs. Mimi in the teacher's lounge and in her classroom, as she wrangl
Mimi also holds a Master's degree in sociology and education with a focus on educational policy from Teachers College, Columbia University. Mimi is a second grade teacher at a public elementary school in New York City, where she has taught both first and second grades for the past six years. Mrs. Currently, Mimi is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Curriculum and Instruction department at Teachers College. She graduated from Conne
Mom in Ct said Funny and insightful view on teaching!. Hooray for Mrs. Mimi, who has written a book so funny, witty and charming, it eases the pain of reading about such a broken system in our schools (even though by her own admittance, her school has made great strides). I laughed at every page and found myself wanting to hug Mrs Mimi AND buy her a drink by the end of every chapter. Every child should be so lucky to have a teacher like Mrs. Mimi, who cares SO much about her students, their development and well-being!!! Her writing is sharp, honest, concise and well thought-ou. "A Book Every Fabulous Teacher Needs" according to Emily in Colorado. This a book for all the fabulous teachers out there! Mrs. Mimi captures the laughs, tears, joys, and frustrations of being a public school teacher in this book. She isn't afraid to tell it like it is and get us laughing as she does. This fabulous blog author has successfully taken her humor from the blogosphere to a page-turner. If you are a teacher, you need this book. If you know a teacher, (and who doesn't) you need this book. If you've ever thought that teachers have it easy, you need this book.Mrs. Mimi had me laughin. Funny, but what's with the high heels? Teacher-TX This quick read tells about the frustrations of real teachers in a humorous light. I laughed out loud a few times and smiled a lot. One detail that bugged me was the frequent mention of high heels. 99% of real teachers do NOT wear high heels. Maybe the heels are the real reason Mrs. Mimi is taking a sabbatical from teaching!I didn't think this book was quite as funny as 32 Third-Graders and One Class Bunny, but it's good.P.S. If you buy this as a gift for a teacher without prereading it (tsk!tsk!), know that it is sprinkle