Publisher's Synopsis
After more than thirty years in Milwaukee Suburban public schools, Aimee J Jahns shares her growth from student to teacher. She discusses the hardships and joys of teaching. She talks work politics but also the way she and her co-workers created a student first environment. Packed in this memoir are her readings, poetry, and insights into theories, educational policies and her gratitude to her co-workers. She takes off the rose colored glasses for those considering teaching as a career to show the complexity of teaching. The pages of this book are filled with her wisdom, her heartbreaks and her successes both personally and professionally.