In A Funny Thing About Teaching: Connecting with Kids Through Laughter...and Other Pointers for New Teachers, Jack Rightmyer tells the story of his journey as a new teacher and how he came to see the importance of humor in his classroom. He also gives valuable advice on discipline, testing, bullying, and even coaching.
The book teaches through personal narrative, engaging readers in a real-life story about what the author has learned in his 28-year teaching career, working in both urban and suburban schools and teaching at every level from 6th grade through college.
With humor and common sense, the author tells personal stories that impart practical advice in an engaging, nonthreatening manner. Even readers who are not in education will enjoy reading about his experiences, because of his theme of living a life of humor and learning how to not let those little annoyances bother us so much.
For teachers of any subject, any age, though probably most appealing to teachers of 6th grade on up.
A Funny Thing About Teaching is included in the New Teacher Package, a collection of three books at a savings of 15%. 
by Jack Rightmyer
Size: 7.25" x 9.25"
Pages: 108
Grades: 7-12
ISBN: 978-1-877673-78-8
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Jack Rightmyer's mirthful and meaningful memoir of his teaching career is filled with practical, powerful, playful principles and procedures for inviting and inspiring both learning and laughter. Veteran educators as well as new teachers will discover that learning is FUNdamental—the fun comes with the mental. This book also includes a three-week humor unit that is icing on the cake. My compliments to the chef! |
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— Dr. Joel Goodman
Founder and director of the HUMOR Project, Inc.
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I wish I had read A Funny Thing about Teaching before my teaching career of three years began. Rightmyer absolutely hits the nail on the head when he emphasizes humor as a key way to reach out to people—especially in teaching, along with medicine, the noblest profession! |
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— Bill Rodgers
Olympic runner and four-time winner of the Boston Marathon
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