{"product_id":"a-teachers-tale-a-memoir-paperback","title":"A Teacher's Tale: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was never in author Joe Gilliland's plan to become\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea teacher, certainly not a college teacher and most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecertainly not an English teacher. But that's what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappened, and he's never looked back. In A Teacher's Tale, he explains how by neither planning for nor seeking a life of learning and teaching, lacking a syllabus or lesson plan, he discovered that a life in academe lay in his path-a path he's followed for more than fifty years. A Teacher's Tale begins in 1932 with Gilliland's first experiences in schooling and concludes in the summer of 1955 just as he completes his apprenticeship and stands on the brink of becoming a qualified instructor in a small college in east Texas. This memoir presents a collection of stories about his experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a teacher and a college student. A story of schooling deeply immersed in the arts and humanities, A Teacher's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTale shares Gilliland's love of the university and how it compelled him to seek a life devoted to teaching, primarily in the community college arena. Through this narrative, he brings together a philosophy of higher education based on the importance of arts and humanities in today's high-tech world. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67950799651039,"sku":"9781636492223","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ldwJ_b-qxV9781636492223.webp?v=1791597134","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/a-teachers-tale-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}