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What's So Funny About Education?

Foreword by David D. Thornburg


May 2003 | 108 pages | Corwin

"Fournier has firmly placed one foot in the pragmatic world of today, while the other points toward a future view of education where teachers and students are treated with respect, and all learners achieve to the best of their abilities. He does this through the medium of humor, and you are in for a genuine treat."
—From the Foreword by David D. Thornburg, Director
Thornburg Center

Playful (and very funny) satire offers fresh insights on education!

For everyone who has ever thought that the truth about education is stranger—and funnier—than fiction, here is the book that proves you right!

Never has there been a greater need for comic relief for educators, as teachers, administrators, students, and parents alike become increasingly frustrated with the shortcomings and dizzying fluctuations in the educational system. Using satire and affectionate humor, author Lou Fournier delivers both stark and subtle epiphanies alongside enduring truths, offering a deeper social commentary on the present conditions and future directions of American education. The author shares wildly humorous observations and editorials that both individually and collectively provide thought-provoking kernels of wisdom.

With an engagingly satiric approach, the author spares no topic in casting a wide net over education, covering music and the arts, school culture, leadership, assessment, staff development, history, technology, higher education, and so many more.


 
About the Author
 
About the Illustrator
 
Acknowledgments
David D. Thornburg
Foreword
 
Dog Days of Leadership
 
Ge the Third Degree From EIT
 
Quantum Connections and the Flea Market School
 
How the Facts of Learning San the FAQs of Scripting
 
Aisle Four: Frozen Food and Education
 
Net Trek, Episode One: Voyage of the Browser
 
Tonight's Episode of "School Improvement"
 
Live at the Interstate Internet Lounge
 
Mortal Assessment Versus Overlord of Algebra
 
Thinking Comes to College
 
The Story of PINokio
 
Instant Staff Development in Good Taste
 
Dearth of a Salesman
 
How the Schmall and the Marines Came to Schools
 
The Truth of Teen Talk
 
Home-School-Mall Connection
 
My Big Appearance on Who Wants to Be a Staff Developer
 
Singin' the Blues for a Real Good Cause
 
A Clearer Seer: The Education Prophecies of Nostracosa
 
The Blazing Electrons' Winning Season
 
To Spin, Perchance to Dream
 
How Doc the Techie Saved Our School
 
Totally Unrehearsed Techno Telemarketing
 
Here's the Windup and the Pitch!
 
How to Win the Assessment Game and a Nice Toaster
 
From Here to Perplexity
 
Slim Spud and the Case of the Maltese Parakeet
 
Where Mosquitoes and Teacher Salaries Came From
 
Singin' in the School!
 
Curriculum in the Castle
 
The Techwreck Threat
 
Getcher Higher Ed Right Here
 
Sometimes You Can't Give Good Education Marketing Away
 
The Curtain Rises on ProDevelopment Theatre
 
Hot Thoughts From Idle Hands
 
Elma Explains Education

"Fournier has firmly placed one foot in the pragmatic world of today, while the other points toward a future view of education where teachers and students are treated with respect, and all learners achieve to the best of their abilities. He does this through the medium of humor, and you are in for a genuine treat."

From the Foreword by David D. Thornburg, Director
Thornburg Center

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