advice for teachers from rookies to veterans : "no retreat, no surrender!" Esquith, Rafe 1954- creator nyu New York Penguin Books 2014 Paperpack edition. eng xi, 319 pages ; 20 cm. In Real Talk for Real Teachers, Esquith tackles the three stages of life for the career teacher, and outlines both practical advice and inspiration for managing your classrooms, challenging your students, and keeping your own passions alive. Esquith's candor about the inevitable frustration and cynicism that strike at the heart of every teacher at some point offers both comfort and connection to those who experience doubt and struggle with difficult students, endless bureaucracy, and other standard pitfalls. Esquith's years of teaching have given him gems of wisdom about how to work smarter, not harder, and how to draw on those years of experience to flourish and continue growing. Esquith is the inner-city Los Angeles elementary school teacher featured in the award-winning documentary The Hobart Shakespeareans Prologue: The Sistine Chapel and my wife's kitchen Part I. Once upon a time. Badlands ; First things first ; Everything put together sooner or later falls apart ; An inside job ; The quiet man ; 19th nervous breakdown ; A question of balance ; Even the Devil can quote scripture for his purpose ; There's no place like home ; Haters ; Keeping it real Part II. Growing up. Bitter fingers ; Middle man ; Leave some children behind ; Eyes wide open ; The soft sell ; Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow ; Thomas Jefferson's big mistake ; The price you pay ; The undiscovered country ; One of a kind ; All for one and one for all Part III. Master class. Getting better all the time ; Looking out my back door ; Stairway to heaven No retreat, no surrender! Appendix A.A day in the life Appendix B. The play's the thing Acknowledgments. With a little help from my friends Rafe Esquith. Originally published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013 Enseñanza LB 1027 E77r 2014 9780143125617 0143125613 160625 20260313114419.0 eng