{"product_id":"book-dp0r","title":"Why Did I Get a B?","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis hilarious and candid collection of personal essays about teaching follows in the footsteps of such classics as \u003ci\u003eTeach Like Your Hair’s on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Courage to Teach\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUp the Down Staircase\u003c\/i\u003e. “Send this book to your favorite teacher. They’ll know you’re sucking up. They’ll thank you anyway” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShannon Reed did not want to be a teacher, but now, after twenty years of working with children from preschool to college, there’s nothing she’d rather be. “With an irresistible combination of compassion, humor, and engaged storytelling” (\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e), her essays illuminate the highs and lows of a job located at the intersection of youth and wisdom. Bringing you into the trenches of this most important and stressful career, she rolls her eyes at ineffectual administrators, weeps with her students when they experience personal tragedies, complains with her colleagues about their ridiculously short lunchbreaks, and presents the parent-teacher conference from the other side of the tiny table.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom dealing with bullies and working with special needs students to explaining the unwritten rules of the teacher’s lounge this “starkly honest, at times irreverent” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) look at teaching is full of as much humor and heart as the job it celebrates.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346984149296,"sku":"BDdp0r","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49346984182064,"sku":"10dp0r","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dp0r-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773692546","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dp0r","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}