Educating Esme Summary
Vanessa Greer
March 25, 2011
Book Review
Spring2011-EDF1005-Intro Education-339283
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year by Esme Raji Codell
The book I chose was Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year by Esme Raji Codell. I chose this book because I honestly judged it from the title on the book review assignment page and found this to possibly be something that might help me in my journey into becoming a teacher. I found this book to very amusing and very touching. I thought that Esme's attitude and writing style was funny and easy to read and understand. One of my favorite stories in the book is the one when Esme made Billy Williams teach the class for a day because he was misbehaving. Esme threatened suspension to Billy for cursing and being disrespectful, so he accepted the punishment of teaching the class for the day instead of suspension. I thought it was great that he was able to mimic and recite specific lines that Esme used even though he didn’t always seem …show more content…
Every year that I was in school, up until ninth grade, the teachers had us write a letter to the new students for the next year to make their transition just that much easier. Another things that I liked about the book is she described setting up her classroom for the first time. She included how she dressed up her bulletin boards for the first day, her mean teacher outfit for the first day, and why and how she arranged the desks. Honestly, as a student learning to become a teacher, these are not things that one normally thinks about before they actually become a teacher. One of the things that this book inspired me to do for my own benefit on my way to becoming a teacher, is to start a notebook with ideas on how I am going to go about my teaching styles, ideas on curriculums and projects, whether it be arts and crafts or bulletin
March 25, 2011
Book Review
Spring2011-EDF1005-Intro Education-339283
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year by Esme Raji Codell
The book I chose was Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year by Esme Raji Codell. I chose this book because I honestly judged it from the title on the book review assignment page and found this to possibly be something that might help me in my journey into becoming a teacher. I found this book to very amusing and very touching. I thought that Esme's attitude and writing style was funny and easy to read and understand. One of my favorite stories in the book is the one when Esme made Billy Williams teach the class for a day because he was misbehaving. Esme threatened suspension to Billy for cursing and being disrespectful, so he accepted the punishment of teaching the class for the day instead of suspension. I thought it was great that he was able to mimic and recite specific lines that Esme used even though he didn’t always seem …show more content…
Every year that I was in school, up until ninth grade, the teachers had us write a letter to the new students for the next year to make their transition just that much easier. Another things that I liked about the book is she described setting up her classroom for the first time. She included how she dressed up her bulletin boards for the first day, her mean teacher outfit for the first day, and why and how she arranged the desks. Honestly, as a student learning to become a teacher, these are not things that one normally thinks about before they actually become a teacher. One of the things that this book inspired me to do for my own benefit on my way to becoming a teacher, is to start a notebook with ideas on how I am going to go about my teaching styles, ideas on curriculums and projects, whether it be arts and crafts or bulletin