Melchior, Tom
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
From both sides of the desk
Item
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
Found in:
Southwest Minnesota Historical Center
They called me teacher : stories of Minnesota country school teachers and students, 1915-1960
Item
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
Found in:
Southwest Minnesota Historical Center