Introduction
After a recent World Cup, I heard a member of the Brazilian team lament, “We never felt the shirt.” The expression suggests a lack of engagement and passion, and from the moment I could differentiate between a mesmerizing teacher and a passionless teacher, I knew which teacher was “feeling the shirt.” In seventh grade, I couldn’t take my eyes off Mr. Walter Stickel as he told story after story about Lewis and Clark trudging up the Columbia River in a rainstorm, chilled to the bone.
It was then that I became a student of great teaching. This book attempts to unpack what I’ve experienced, studied, and observed over the past fifty-two years regarding teachers—to convey how in their best moments, they can lift people up, and in ...
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