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Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!" Paperback – June 24, 2014

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The New York Times–bestselling author and world-renown teacher offers no-nonsense wisdom for teachers of all ages

There’s no one teachers trust more to give them classroom advice than Rafe Esquith. After more than thirty years on the job, Esquith still puts in the countless classroom hours familiar to every dedicated educator. But where his
New York Times bestseller Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire was food for a teacher’s mind, Real Talk for Real Teachers is food for a teacher’s soul.

Esquith candidly tackles the three stages of life for the career teacher and offers encouragement to see them through the difficult early years, advice on mid-career classroom building, and novel ideas for longtime educators. With his trademark mix of humor, practicality, and boundless compassion, Esquith proves the perfect companion for teachers who need a quick pick-me-up, a long heart-to-heart, or just a momentary reminder that they’re not alone.
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“[This] enormously valuable book will keep teachers energized.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The only classroom teacher to receive the National Medal of the Arts, the author has taught fifth and sixth grade for more than 25 years at Hobart Elementary, an inner-city Los Angeles school where few of the parents speak English, poverty is rampant, and too often children lack supervision at home… Teaching is a tough job, but Esquith shows that its rewards can be profound.” —
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Rafe Esquith has taught at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for twenty-eight years. He is the only classroom teacher to have been awarded the president’s National Medal of the Arts. His many other honors and awards include the American Teacher Award and People magazine’s Heroes Among Us Award. He lives in Los Angeles.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 24, 2014
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0143125613
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143125617
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 5.08 x 7.76 inches
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Rafe Esquith has taught at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for twenty-four years. He is the only teacher to have been awarded the president's National Medal of the Arts. His many other honors and awards include the American Teacher Award, Parents magazine As You Grow Award, Oprah Winfrey's Use Your Life Award TM, and People magazine's Heroes Among Us Award.

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Customers find the book provides practical teaching lessons and is particularly valuable for new teachers. Moreover, the book is easy to read and serves as a useful resource for both current and aspiring educators. Additionally, the narrative style receives positive feedback, with one customer noting how the stories are linked together in a series of pertinent anecdotes.

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Customers appreciate the teaching style of the book, which provides practical lessons and expert advice for the classroom, making it particularly valuable for new teachers.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    New York Times bestselling author of Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire, Rafe Esquith delivers another Masterpiece of wisdom for teachers. Through this award-winning author's career, he offers expert advice for the class-room from many years of experience. Rafe Esquith gives food for thought for all teachers, especially those who are teaching in their early years. The author's words of wisdom and advice are highlighted for those who struggle everyday in the class-room setting. After devoting 30 years to teaching, Rafe Esquith portrays his countless hours for dedication to students as he encourages different skills, and techniques. In addition, he gives advice for those teachers in midcareer, offering positive building blocks for education. As the author encourages teachers to cope with overwhelming challenges, he also compliments their efforts. Rafe Esquith defines the true value of good work, honesty, and courage in-and-out of the class-room atmosphere. Also, he offers practical advice and helpful tips for parents. The author's mission is to help students excel as he explains that passion and understanding are also important. The author's inspiring influence is motivating, and interesting. I wish his books were published when my children were young, because this book is an excellent guide for teachers, and parents. I will indeed be purchasing this informative and concise book for my teacher friends as a gift, and I know quite a few teachers, who will enjoy it. Helpful, educational, and encouraging. Highly recommended!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013
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    Having just completed a teacher preparation program and accepted my first teaching job beginning this fall; I'm one of those rookie teachers Rafe Esquith is speaking of in the subtitle of this latest work of his.

    Real Talk for Real Teachers is an incredibly quick and easy read that was engaging and informative, though at times somewhat repetitive. Despite the occasionally echoed passage, Real Talk is a refreshing addition to the current conversation concerning teachers, education and education reform. He decries high-stakes standardized testing and the flavor of the month "game changing" standards while encouraging teachers to "stay emotionally strong" and giving practical advice and anecdotes about ways to avoid the demoralizing burnout that too many teachers suffer from.

    I may not have agreed with everything that Mr. Esquith put forward in his book, but I found it on whole to be a valuable read to help me reflect on my own practice. Chapter five concerning what he calls the "Quiet Man Approach," and his highlighting his issues with classroom management techniques such as SLANT in Chapter 4 were some of those points of disagreement I found.

    These two chapters, however, were followed up by my personal favorite chapter, one that I will likely be reading to myself over winter break, titled: "19th Nervous Breakdown." If there's only one chapter you read from this book, read chapter six.

    My copy is already filled with notes in the margins and underlines having read through the lens of a first year teacher. I'm sure I'll read it again in a couple years a little less green with some experience under my belt and take something else away from it entirely.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2016
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    Book #12 Read in 2016
    Real Talk for Real Teachers by Rafe Esquith

    This was the book I read with a colleague for my professional goal. The title says it all...this book was real and teachers will be able to relate well to it. Esquith is an award-winning teacher but he has not forgotten the way he felt as a new teacher, as a teacher 5-10 years into his career or as a veteran. The book is broken down in these three sections, with things to consider at the end of every chapter. Every teacher would be able to get something out of this book. I highly recommend it to my fellow teachers!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2013
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Real Talk for Real Teachers contains a wealth of information and advice for teachers and potential teachers from a truly great teacher. This stuff has obviously been tested "in the trenches", and should be helpful to teachers of all levels of experience. The book certainly gives a very clear picture of the trials and tribulations of being a public school teacher in the U.S. at the present time. In fact, after reading the book I found myself asking who in his right mind would even consider a career teaching in America's schools. Esquith makes it all too clear that teachers are beset by inept and insensitive administrators, by parents whose little darlings can do no wrong, by inadequate budgets, by politicians who seek political advantage by beating up on teachers, by the totally unrealistic goal of "no child left behind", by being held responsible for factors over which they have no control (poverty and disfunctional families), by inaccurate and unfair methods of teacher evaluation, and by often being treated with contempt by the media. Much of the book makes it all too clear that teaching is no longer a profession in the U.S., but a singularly unattractive job.

    Esquith's description of his teaching activities, which have won him a number of prestigious and well-deserved awards, make it clear that great skill, massive effort, 60-hour work weeks, and luck can often produce astonishingly impressive results. Ordinary mortals, however, should certainly seek a different line of work, at least in the U.S.

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    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2018
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    Best book of all time!
  • Debraj Sharma
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in India on November 27, 2014
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    Inspirational for those who are committed to improving in the teaching profession.
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    3.0 out of 5 stars interesting
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2013
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    a little too American but interesting none the less. Teaching is always fun but there are techniques (& tricks) that make life easier.