Classrooms in the real world : practical advice from a veteran teacher / Scott Mandel.

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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- My Motto of Life and the Dedication Associated with It -- Introduction-Why Am I Writing This Book? -- Setting The Context for All of This -- Chapter 1: How It All Started -- Chapter 2: These Ain't the "Good Ole Days" -- Chapter 3: How My Students Saved My Life and the School Year -- Chapter 4: Let the Kids Know You Can Have Fun, Too -- Chapter 5: Kids Don't Care How Much You Know as Long as They Know You Care -- Chapter 6: If I Don't Talk about Discipline, You Won't Read This Book

Chapter 7: Public School Kids Deserve the Same as Private School Kids -- Chapter 8: Have Heroes -- Chapter 9: Get Rid of Your Ego -- Chapter 10: Support Your Home Team -- Chapter 11: Take Curricular Chances -- Chapter 12. Administrators Want You To Succeed -- Chapter 13: Beware of Smoke Machines -- Chapter 14: Why I Refuse to Use an Online Grading Program -- Chapter 15: Numbers Don't Always Add Up-And Fair Grades Take Some Effort -- Chapter 16: Don't Fill Your Car Trunk with Your In-Service Class -- Chapter 17: Special Ed Kids Are Like Everyone Else -- Chapter 18: So Are Non-English Speakers

Chapter 19: Leadership as a Student Trait -- Chapter 20: The Multiple Intelligences Really Work -- Chapter 21: Make 'em Laugh -- Chapter 22: Parents Are Your Greatest Allies -- Chapter 23: Keeping My Sanity All These Years -- Chapter 24: My Retirement Plan -- Chapter 25: What Have I Learned? -- References

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