{"product_id":"teacher-gabbie-stroud-9781760295905","title":"Teacher","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Gabbie's story needs to be shouted from the rooftops. She very eloquently shows us why and how education needs to change... Teacher made me laugh and cry. I loved it!' - Kathy Margolis, former teacher and activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWatching children learn is a beautiful and extraordinary experience. Their bodies transform, reflecting inner changes. Teeth fall out. Knees scab. Freckles multiply. Throughout the year they grow in endless ways and I can almost see their self-esteem rising, their confidence soaring, their small bodies now empowered. Given wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey fall in love with learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a kind of magic, a kind of loving, a kind of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust what I do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePast tense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2014, Gabrielle Stroud was a very dedicated teacher with over a decade of experience. Months later, she resigned in frustration and despair when she realised that the Naplan-test education model was stopping her from doing the very thing she was best at: teaching individual children according to their needs and talents. Her ground-breaking essay 'Teaching Australia' in the Feb 2016 Griffith Review outlined her experiences and provoked a huge response from former and current teachers around the world. That essay lifted the lid on a scandal that is yet to properly break - that our education system is unfair to our children and destroying their teachers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a powerful memoir inspired by her original essay, Gabrielle tells the full story: how she came to teaching, what makes a great teacher, what our kids need from their teachers, and what it was that finally broke her. A brilliant and heart-breaking memoir that cuts to the heart of a vital matter of national importance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gabbie Stroud","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46144415465715,"sku":"9781760295905","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46144415531251,"sku":"8880002667256","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47063441506547,"sku":"8880002825687","price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781760295905.jpg?v=1725012594","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/teacher-gabbie-stroud-9781760295905","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}