Full Description
"Fournier has firmly placed one foot in the pragmatic world of today, while the other points toward a future view of education where teachers and students are treated with respect, and all learners achieve to the best of their abilities. He does this through the medium of humor, and you are in for a genuine treat."
—From the Foreword by David D. Thornburg, Director
Thornburg Center
Playful (and very funny) satire offers fresh insights on education!
For everyone who has ever thought that the truth about education is stranger—and funnier—than fiction, here is the book that proves you right!
Never has there been a greater need for comic relief for educators, as teachers, administrators, students, and parents alike become increasingly frustrated with the shortcomings and dizzying fluctuations in the educational system. Using satire and affectionate humor, author Lou Fournier delivers both stark and subtle epiphanies alongside enduring truths, offering a deeper social commentary on the present conditions and future directions of American education. The author shares wildly humorous observations and editorials that both individually and collectively provide thought-provoking kernels of wisdom.
With an engagingly satiric approach, the author spares no topic in casting a wide net over education, covering music and the arts, school culture, leadership, assessment, staff development, history, technology, higher education, and so many more.
Contents
About the Author
About the Illustrator
Acknowledgments
Foreword - David D. Thornburg
Dog Days of Leadership
Ge the Third Degree From EIT
Quantum Connections and the Flea Market School
How the Facts of Learning San the FAQs of Scripting
Aisle Four: Frozen Food and Education
Net Trek, Episode One: Voyage of the Browser
Tonight's Episode of "School Improvement"
Live at the Interstate Internet Lounge
Mortal Assessment Versus Overlord of Algebra
Thinking Comes to College
The Story of PINokio
Instant Staff Development in Good Taste
Dearth of a Salesman
How the Schmall and the Marines Came to Schools
The Truth of Teen Talk
Home-School-Mall Connection
My Big Appearance on Who Wants to Be a Staff Developer
Singin' the Blues for a Real Good Cause
A Clearer Seer: The Education Prophecies of Nostracosa
The Blazing Electrons' Winning Season
To Spin, Perchance to Dream
How Doc the Techie Saved Our School
Totally Unrehearsed Techno Telemarketing
Here's the Windup and the Pitch!
How to Win the Assessment Game and a Nice Toaster
From Here to Perplexity
Slim Spud and the Case of the Maltese Parakeet
Where Mosquitoes and Teacher Salaries Came From
Singin' in the School!
Curriculum in the Castle
The Techwreck Threat
Getcher Higher Ed Right Here
Sometimes You Can't Give Good Education Marketing Away
The Curtain Rises on ProDevelopment Theatre
Hot Thoughts From Idle Hands
Elma Explains Education
