Teacher on the Run: True Tales of Classroom Chaos
By (Author) Francis Gilbert
Octopus Publishing Group
Short Books Ltd
1st July 2006
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy
371.10092
288
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 20mm
256g
After three years of teaching at Truss, an inner-city sink school, Francis Gilbert has been offered a job in the English department at his old school, a nice suburban comprehensive. Like a prisoner out of Colditz, he feels like he's just landed a job in toytown.
But with Mr Morgan, the deaf old English teacher, still cackling, the staff-room politics in tatters, alarming complaints from the parents and, worst of all, the memories of his own disturbed childhood suddenly rushing back at him, how long can Gilbert's dreamland last
Francis Gilbert is head of English at a London comprehensive. He lives in East London with his wife and son. His first book, I'm a Teacher Get Me Out of Here! was published by Short Books in 2004.