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Melchior, Tom

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From both sides of the desk

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Identifier: 6491-RefShelf -General
Abstract

A memoir of the author's journey--beginning in first grade and ending with his last day of a thirty-four year teaching career--in which he reminisces about being both a student and a teacher. Includes stories by the author's students, as well as his own anecdotes of life in the classroom.

Dates: Copyright: 2003

They called me teacher : stories of Minnesota country school teachers and students, 1915-1960

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Identifier: 6494-RefShelf-General
Table of Contents Cecile -- Story Mining -- His-story-Her-story -- Opening Bell -- 1. Country School Teachers -- 2. District 57 -- 3. Why Teach? -- 4. Teachers Training -- 5. Just a Bit Past 100 -- 6. Initiation -- 7. Impish Imagination and Mischief Maker -- 8. Oh! They Could Tell a Story -- 9. Spare the Rod? -- 10. They Roared in the 20s -- 11. Echoes from the Heart -- 12. Romancin' the School Marm -- 13. You've Got to Laugh a Little -- 14. Mr. Country School Teacher -- 15. 1930 to 1932 -- 16. Little Engine...
Dates: Copyright: 1997

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Education, Rural -- Minnesota -- History. 1
English teachers -- Minnesota -- Biography. 1
High school teachers -- Minnesota -- Biography. 1
Melchior, Tom. 1
Minnesota -- Biography. 1