Teachers

There is No Such Thing as a Hot Coffee & Other Teacher Truths

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Pub Date Sep 19 2017 | Archive Date Sep 14 2017

Description

Is it Friday yet? Go behind the desk with this insider's look at a year in the life of an everyday educator. Written for teachers by teachers, this hilarious snapshot into the lives of the overworked and underpaid will have you laughing so loud, you'll worry it might get confiscated.
  • Hear! The same question be asked over and over again.
  • Feel! The strange allure of the laminator!
  • See! Paper Mountain as it grows before your bloodshot eyes!
Not only great for teachers, but people close to educators will also recognize many of the stories and stresses found here. Teachers is full of administrative frustration, madcap humor; and also heartfelt love for the most underappreciated profession of them all.

This hilarious romp through the weeds of the people that educate our children is the perfect gift for that special someone who manages (tries to manage) 30+ children 5 days a week.
Is it Friday yet? Go behind the desk with this insider's look at a year in the life of an everyday educator. Written for teachers by teachers, this hilarious snapshot into the lives of the...

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EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781631063732
PRICE $14.99 (USD)
PAGES 128

Average rating from 32 members


Featured Reviews

I needed this book on so many different levels! As we gear up for back to school, this humor struck home and brought some needed laughter after a tough year. The one piece missing, that we joked about as teachers, were snow days!

This book is a collection of short, humorous quotes, and graphics that relate to teachers. Quick, quick read but something you can come back to and share.

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Quick read, relatable, and very funny! I found that this book is interesting with cute graphics and humorous quotes. If you want to find more about this book you can go to this website https://boredteachers.com/

Thank you Netgalley for this book

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This book is very funny. I'd like to give this book to any person who has ever made a comment about me for wanting to become a teacher. Or for those that believe teaching is the easiest thing in the world. It is the perfect book for teachers and made my day a little brighter.

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An entertaining book that gives an honest yet humorous take on teaching these days. I enjoyed it and (quite a few times) found myself nodding in agreement. Would make a good stocking filler.

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Will definitely be passing this on to the teachers!

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5☆ Witty, Teachers really will really relate to this book.

Teachers - the struggle is real, is an amusingly witty account of the life of teaching, through teachers eyes.

The book is divided into 12 short chapters each chapter consisting of a short explanation of the chapter followed by insider thoughts, feelings and emotions.

For example... Chapter 6... School Supplies
Page 67....
'Teacher-Gasm'
'Sharpened pencils, brand new Expo markers, no line at the copy machine, and....and....and....
LAMINATED EVERYTHING'

Most teachers will tell you stationery is everything! Laminating is a must especially  when doing display boards and the photocopier is your best friend!
Oh and not running out of board markers as half the time they dry out!

How do I know this... I am a qualified nursery nurse working with children aged 0-6yrs 
I spent many a time at the photocopier and laminating.
Unfortunately due to health and disability I had to give up the job I love the most.

This book is very funny, sarcastic, witty and relatable.
However it is a tongue in cheek book that is the insight to a teachers world.

The back of the book states that:
'Bored Teachers advocates all teachers finding humor in the frustration, exhaustion and complexity that come with the profession'.

It deals with end of terms, start of terms, marking, lesson plans, an abundance  of coffee, after school staff meetings, stationery, governing reports and those are just a few!

I really enjoyed reading this book. It had me laughing out loud and reminiscing.

The chapters are short, each page is brightly coloured making the words jump right off the page!
It's very easy to follow and the little illustrations are fun and eye catching!

I highly recommend this book to Teachers, all school staff including other child care providers.

Also i do think it is a good read for everyone as if you went to school I'm sure you can remember the teachers you loved and those you didn't like as much. This will open your eyes to the thoughts and feelings of those teachers.

Enjoy!

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Not quite what I was expecting formatwise, but this is a fun read for all educators.

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This is a collection of sayings, and ideas of what it is like to be a teacher. While a comedy, this book gets real. No teacher will say their class size is too small. No teacher ever will be think they are paid too much for the work they do. A nice coffee table book for the teacher in your life.

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Whether you have just survived your first year as a teacher or are a seasoned veteran, you'll relate and laugh aloud at these witty observations. The accompanying art is delightful to behold.

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Being a retired teacher, I can relate to this book very well. The only thing that did not fit for me is that Canadian teachers are paid very well. Indeed, I spend a lot of that money on supplies for my classroom, books, gifts for my students as well as snacks for those who forgot their lunches. The multitude of comments about cold coffee, washroom breaks (not), paperwork and meetings definitely hit home. I can laugh at them now, but not so much when I was dealing with it. I absolutely loved the chapter about "the apple not falling far from the tree". Boy, did I ever have those moments over my 33 year career. The layout of the book is nice. The twelve short chapters with a nice introduction before the one-liners and thoughts of teachers was a great way to put this book together. This is a laugh out loud book that every new teacher needs to read as well as every parent who makes the comment about teachers having the summer off.

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so first off.. I am not a teacher

and I LOVEDDD this book. its hilarious and witty and I have heard all my teacher friends say most of the stuff in this book. Its a good kindle book or a better next to your laptop as you frantically time out an agenda for class the next week book.

I was given an ARC of this and I just went and purchased it myself on amazon as a gift to a teacher friend of mine she is insanely religious and this book to my knowledge is not offensive and the humor is very clean. (it is still preorder for another month but worth it)

The art inside is lovely and I overall enjoyed it. this can be read in one sitting or just open the book to a random page for a giggle.

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This is an amazing book that has an anecdote on each page that every teacher in the Country will relate to. They are witty and funny and at times far to accurate. This would make a fantastic present for any teacher for their birthday or Christmas.
Great read.

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This book would make a great gift for any teacher. Filled with "insider jokes" and great graphics, it's a book to re-read when the teaching going gets tough.

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Absolutely hilarious - my dad is a teacher and many of my friends have gone into teaching, so I am very familiar with the struggles of being a teacher. It's why I went into librarianing instead of teaching. But this book will definitely make all of my teacher friends sit back and say "ugh, same!" Teaching is hard work, the pay is crap, you have way too much stuff to do...it's rewarding but...ugh, so much work. Sometimes you just gotta complain. I'm going to look into getting copies of this for my teacher friends.

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As a teacher, I found this book to be hilarious! I would buy it for my other teacher friends for a good laugh absolutely!

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Really funny and so easy to relate. Highly recommended, specially if you are a teacher.

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This was a funny book with punchy lines about teacher problems, like endless staff meeting and paperwork. It definitely showed the struggle of teachers lives in a humorous way. This book was well-designed, appealing to the eye. Oddly, some of the pages, like the thought bubbles of a teacher during staff meetings may apply to students as well. This might be a way to get a student to appreciate their good teachers more

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This is definitely the kind of book you would get for a Teacher friend as a present as I imagine a lot of the book rings true to them!! I thought it was a fun read with some great pictures - 4 stars from me for this one

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I was looking forward to reading and reviewing the book, but I was not able to download the book. Please send me a way to download the book and I will review it.

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