It Won't Be Easy: An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching

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A tribute to an impossible and impossibly rewarding profession,It Won't Be Easycaptures the experience of teaching in all its messy glory. Short on jargon and long on practical wisdom, it is accessible to anyone interested in a behind-the-curtain look at teaching and willing to understand that, while no simple answers exist, there is power in asking the right questions.

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"Besides the fact that it is truly laugh out loud funny, this book stands in for what so many teachers need: the teacher-friend whose room you can stomp into when you need empathy over your lack of coolness; the friend who will make you feel better about the mistakes you made, who will celebrate your crazy schemes, who will help you find your reasons why you need to come back when you want to quit. That kind of friend is a rare and precious person who doesnt exist on many campuses, so thank God that Tom gave us one in book form thats portable enough to take wherever we need companionship."Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year

"In a breath of fresh air called Tom Rademacher, we get that desperately needed voice of a teacher who loves his kids enough to challenge us to think differently. It Won't Be Easy gets us into the classroom and on the path to new ways of educating and valuing the next generation."R.T. Rybak, former mayor of Minneapolis, President and CEO of The Minneapolis Foundation, and author of Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis

"Rademacher does not hold back... his honest, inspiring, and often humorous book will appeal to teachers, future teachers, and those interested in education."Booklist

"Many of these narratives are studded with insights into the art of teaching."Library Journal

"Rademacher's classroom wisdom is suitable for anyone who is trying to communicate effectively with children, especially adolescents."Pioneer Press

Author Bio

Tom Rademacher is an English teacher in Minneapolis. His writing has appeared in EdPost, MinnPost, and on his blog, Mr. Rads Neighborhood, and he speaks about teaching at universities, conferences, and TEDx events. In 2014 he was honored as Minnesotas Teacher of the Year.

Dave Eggers is author of ten books, including, most recently, Heroes of the Frontier. He is the founder of McSweeneys, an independent publishing house in San Francisco, California, and cofounder of 826 National, a network of eight tutoring centers around the country.