Biography & Autobiography, Educators
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When Faith Meets Opportunity
Leaving, Learning, and Living in a Foreign Land by Y.M Palmer-Clarke PhD
Within hours of the arrival of her visa, Yolanda left her close-knit family in Jamaica and was on a flight to Canada. In a leap of faith, she was headed for Saskatchewan, a place unheard of in Jamaica, to pursue further study. Fueled by a fierce ...
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Evolution of an Educator
From Nigerian Student to American College Administrator by Joel O. Nwagbaraocha
How does education shape a person’s worldview and ultimate success? How does the traditional British education system that was imposed on many African territories compare to the education system in the United States? What role did Historically Black ...
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Truth.Fiction.Lies
Confessions of an Italian-Irish-Catholic-American Immigrant to Canada by Patrick X Walsh
How could he be a good boy and a bad boy at the same time? The TRUTH is what is. FICTION is not reality—but it can help us to see the TRUTH through stories, e.g., The Boy Who Cried Wolf. LIES deceive, for evil purposes, and for good purposes. But ...
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A Teacher Between Worlds
by Lillian Cui Garcia
This is a collection of essays I’ve written through the years reflecting on my teaching journey in a northern Canadian community college. They are interwoven with memories about my earlier Alberta government researcher’s job and my first teaching ...
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Trailblazer by Grace: Educational Pursuit
An Autobiography by Basil Orioghae Ikede
Growing up, Basil understood two principles early on – he was not physically or mentally suited to the drudgery that he saw throughout his village, and education could offer him a way out of his situation. After this early realization, young Basil ...
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Mugamore
Succeeding without Labels - Lessons for Educators by Dr. Jonathan T. Jefferson
This book was developed to compare the real life educational experiences of an average child during the last generation in which the United States led the world in education to a real child’s experiences today (when the United States is no longer in ...
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Musings on a Lifetime
by Kathleen E. McCormick
I ONCE WENT TO A PALMIST TO HAVE MY PALMS READ. To my surprise, she said: “Your hands show two very different lives!” She explained that one hand represented my life as it was supposed to be, and the other as it would turn out. The palmist predicted ...
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We Are Starving
The Peaceful Warrior Chess Phenomenon by Dr. Danny McDermott
There are two ways to be starving. One is to be lacking food. The other is to go without love, respect, recognition, support, and someone to care for and challenge you. When Danny McDermott came to Harriet Tubman School in Chicago as a teacher in ...
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Avis Glaze
The Children Cannot Wait by Roderick Benns
Avis Glaze was recently identified as one of the most inspiring women every educator should know. From her earliest days in Jamaica, as a young girl who was driven to teach others to read, to her rapid rise through all levels of the school system to ...
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Up To Me
An Autobiography by David A. S. Fraser
Here is a spellbinding autobiography by a Canadian author who has gone through a multitude of frank yet honest experiences that would qualify his lifetimes to rival at least half a cat’s allotment of nine. How does one experience at least six ...
