Note: This is the second installment of a doubleshot review. If you missed it, look at last Friday's take on the same book from ?wazithinkin.
Genre: Humor
Description:
“First there was Learn Me Good, the (sort of, kind of, mostly) true
story about a first year teacher learning the ropes. Next came Learn Me Gooder,
the story of an experienced teacher who should know better making first-year
teacher mistakes. Now, as the third book in the series, Learn Me Goodest
enshrines the series alongside beloved and revered trilogies like Star Wars,
The Godfather, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Jack Woodson, the engineer-turned-teacher (and future Dancing with the
Stars champion), is back for another school year's worth of emails with his pal
and former colleague, Fred Bommerson. Join Jack as he navigates the tricky maze
of overly-distracted students, administrators with bullhorns, and a wife
dealing with her own classroom situations.”
Author:
After being laid off from his job as an engineer, John Pearson made a
drastic career change and became an elementary school teacher. His initial year
of teaching provided material for his first book, Learn Me Good. Its popularity among Kindle owners convinced Pearson
that just one book with a grammatically incorrect title wasn’t enough. Hence, he
released the sequel Learn Me Gooder
and now expands the series into a trilogy with Learn Me Goodest.
Pearson lives in Texas and is proud of attending both Duke and Texas
A&M universities. (Insert your favorite Aggie joke here.) For more, visitPearson’s blog.
Appraisal:
Like John Pearson, the author of this book, his fictional alter-ego
Jack Woodson has had a career change. Each were once engineers, but then became
elementary school teachers. This book follows the same format as the prior books
in the series, formatted as a series of emails from Woodson to his former
co-worker Fred Boomerson who apparently then discusses the contents of
Woodson’s reports to the rest of the crew at Woodson’s old employer and let’s
Woodson know their reaction.
My description doesn’t do justice to this format and how humorous it
is. If you’ve been a parent or grandparent of elementary school age kids or at
least have vague memories of being that age yourself, you’ll find lots to laugh
at in this book. (If you don’t fit any of those categories, you’ll still laugh,
just not as much.)
FYI:
Although the third in the series and there might be a small benefit in
having read the prior books, this book can also be read as a standalone.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 70-75,000 words
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