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Please Don't Tell Mum that I Have Become a Government School Teacher - She Thinks I'm Still at Law School
You just know a book is going to be funny and provocative with a title like Please Don't Tell My Mum That I Have Become a Government School Teacher--She Thinks I'm Still at Law School .
But it's more than that; it's poignant and heart-breaking, too. Following the first two years of law student-turned-teacher Harry Mann's new career, this novel has its roots in a raw kind of reality that exists all too often in the government school systems everywhere. Think of this book as Up the Down Staircase meets Blackboard Jungle meets To Sir with Love , all with an Australian twist.
You'll laugh, cry, and care deeply about everything that happens to Harry, his students, and his fellow teachers at Cutler High.
ALL PROFIT FROM SALES WILL GO TO CHARITY
But it's more than that; it's poignant and heart-breaking, too. Following the first two years of law student-turned-teacher Harry Mann's new career, this novel has its roots in a raw kind of reality that exists all too often in the government school systems everywhere. Think of this book as Up the Down Staircase meets Blackboard Jungle meets To Sir with Love , all with an Australian twist.
You'll laugh, cry, and care deeply about everything that happens to Harry, his students, and his fellow teachers at Cutler High.
ALL PROFIT FROM SALES WILL GO TO CHARITY
216 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 4, 2017
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November 17, 2017
Let me start this by saying I hate writing a ‘bad’ review, but the point of the blog and me taking my time to read books is to give my honest opinion on them. So with that in mind, this will be relatively short, but do note I would not recommend this book.
Firstly Please “Don't Tell Mum that I Have Become a Government School Teacher - She Thinks I'm Still at Law School” is a very long title that adds nothing to the book.
One thing I found confusing was is it fiction or non-fiction? I was given it as a memoir but upon researching online it states it is a fiction book, the content didn’t help. The book is continually swearing, something no matter the book I don’t like. It never adds anything and it certainly doesn’t in this book.
I found myself getting bored very quickly with the book, it just felt on repeat over and over. A relentless moan about students bad behaviour and the attitude of the staff. The only chapter that was bearable was the final chapters regarding the trips, but it wasn’t worth reading the rest of the book to get there!
If you are looking for an insight into being a teacher, look elsewhere.
Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for giving me a copy of the book in exchange for this, an honest review.
Firstly Please “Don't Tell Mum that I Have Become a Government School Teacher - She Thinks I'm Still at Law School” is a very long title that adds nothing to the book.
One thing I found confusing was is it fiction or non-fiction? I was given it as a memoir but upon researching online it states it is a fiction book, the content didn’t help. The book is continually swearing, something no matter the book I don’t like. It never adds anything and it certainly doesn’t in this book.
I found myself getting bored very quickly with the book, it just felt on repeat over and over. A relentless moan about students bad behaviour and the attitude of the staff. The only chapter that was bearable was the final chapters regarding the trips, but it wasn’t worth reading the rest of the book to get there!
If you are looking for an insight into being a teacher, look elsewhere.
Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for giving me a copy of the book in exchange for this, an honest review.
November 29, 2017
It was a bit confusing at the beginning trying to work out whether or not the book was a work of fiction but you do find out in the end. It's fiction.
There are sections which are laugh-out-loud funny funny but they are few and far between disjointed chapters.
Finally, despite the title saying not to tell mum, the mum barely shows up in the book.
There are sections which are laugh-out-loud funny funny but they are few and far between disjointed chapters.
Finally, despite the title saying not to tell mum, the mum barely shows up in the book.
January 12, 2018
Worth reading if your name is Nick, Amy, or Billy - and you were in Mr. Bachmann's legal studies class.
Also disappointed there was not more information about the mysterious envelope. Who left it? Why? It would have been good to get a little more info.
Also disappointed there was not more information about the mysterious envelope. Who left it? Why? It would have been good to get a little more info.
September 1, 2018
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The narration is delightful. The author keeps a dose of sincerity and comedy that makes the reader continues to the end of the story. I hope to see the second part of this incredible story.
The narration is delightful. The author keeps a dose of sincerity and comedy that makes the reader continues to the end of the story. I hope to see the second part of this incredible story.
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