Pickering recommended reading his book “not in one sitting.†I think I know why. It’s because the book is mostly fluff and you’d realize it right away and want to take the book back. It’s a hardback book for only $12, but still…
The character vignettes are unique. The work itself is more a series of ruminations. It doesn’t seem to be deep at all. That could, of course, be because I am not a beginning teacher, but a veteran of a one room schoolhouse, four colleges, three high schools, and two middle schools.