The Accidental Teacher: The Joys, Ambitions, Ideals, Stuff-Ups and Heartaches of a Teaching Life

by Tim Heath

Funny, poignant, charming and deeply sad at times, this is a fascinating insight into a teaching life. With his sharp wit and poet's eye, Tim Heath writes of a forty-year career, mostly in New Zealand but also in Samoa. He's worked in small country schools, in big city schools, at the Correspondence School, in primary schools and in secondary schools. He's been a principal and a deputy principal. Teaching wasn't his first choice, but once in the classroom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1988547792
• ISBN13: 9781988547794
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: A&u New Zealand
• Length: 296 Pages