The Lighter Side of Teaching

A sense of humor is essential for effective teaching!As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with these lighthearted cartoons. Whether used as overheads for staff development meetings or as an individual break in a busy day, this collection of whimsical glimpses at teaching will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity?and poignancy?to your workday. Intended to amuse, inspire, and reveal the simple truths that surround us, these illustrations are ideal for:Staff training days Conference presentations Classroom lectures Community meetings Internal communications?and they will continue reminding us that we can laugh at almost anything!Aaron Bacall?s works have appeared in many publications: The School Administrator, Technology & Learning, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Barron?s, and Reader?s Digest. He has worked as a teacher, a principal curriculum writer for the New York City Board of Education, an antibiotic research chemist, and now as a full-time cartoonist. He is a member of The National Cartoonist Society and is on the Board of Governors of the Cartoonists Association. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.