Notes from a Headmaster's Desk
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Notes from a Headmaster's Desk: The Challenges of Education, parenting and teenager

Notes from a Headmaster's Desk: The Challenges of Education, parenting and teenager


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Marc Falconer is the first non-Jewish headmaster at King David High School Linksfield (Johannesburg). From his position as both headmaster and parent he provides behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights into the true state of the nation's schools and educators as well as into the mysterious workings of teenage minds, interrogating certain situations which he encounters on a daily basis. He provides a humourous look at some of the situations which he has come across to remind readers that at the end of the day as much as we worry about education in South Africa and how to mould our children into the upstanding members of the community we envision them to be, the journey does not particularly have to be so painstakingly difficult and ultimately, our children will turn out just fine as they are more resilient than we realise. An entertaining and thought-provoking account of the issues and challenges of education, parenting and adolescence in South Africa today.

About the Author :
Marc Falconer has been involved in private schooling for the greater portion of his life having previously taught at Thomas More School in Kloof (KwaZulu-Natal) and a host of independent schools in the UK and New Zealand. When he returned to South Africa he taught in the English Department and then Headed A-Level College at St Stithians; when he was then appointed Headmaster of King David High School, in January 2005.

Review :
"On this fraught journey with the pressure of our country's future and the lives of our children at stake, a sense of humour does help to keep the trip in perspective. 'Life is', as Oscar Wilde said, 'much too important to take seriously'" - From the preface - Marc Falconer


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781770103535
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan South Africa
  • Publisher Imprint: Pan Macmillan
  • Edition: Digital original
  • Sub Title: The Challenges of Education, parenting and teenager
  • ISBN-10: 1770103538
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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