The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child

If there were a code you could learn that would enable you to become a wonderful teacher - of any young person in your life - wouldn't you want to learn it? The Essential 55 collects together the amazingly effective rules that Ron Clark used to become an extraordinary - and award-winning - teacher. Through trial and error, he has distilled fifty-five ideas that have helped him transform apathetic students, in some of the most deprived and challenging circumstances, into prize-winning scholars. Covering all aspects of life - from the classroom to the world, from human interactions to cafeteria manners - Ron Clark shows that with determination, discipline and regular rewards, the children you stick by will be the children you eventually admire.

I received the book I ordered in a very timely manner and it was in great condition too!

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Thank heavens I borrowed this from the library and didn't spend a dime on it. It's the worst book I have read to date! He is very once sided. He apparently is convinced his way is the only way. He is teaching in some of the worst areas in America, so he is missing out on the average child, the average household. Maybe he can do some good with those children, maybe they have different needs in their lives, but unfortunately he is not speaking to a large percentage of America & so many communities/children/families out there. I HAD to force myself to read this book. He comes across so self righteous I hope my children never encounter a teacher of this nature!!! I hope my children have teachers that truly care about them, their individual personalities and abilities.

I really liked this book and gave it to my daughter to read. She's 9 years old. She read the first rule and laughed because it was what we have been telling her to do: Respond to Adults. It might sound so simple but children do not do that a lot of times. I must say that sadly many teachers also grew up without such good fundamental rules, so they do not know to teach them to the children! I am thinking that I would buy 10 books and donate to my children's school! This teacher is incredible! It's just amazing that he knows how to handle the children who eventually mature and grow up regardless their backgrounds!

The book was in excellent shape--new! The speed of the delivery was incredible. This was an absolutely 5-star purchase. Thank you.

I am trying to help, at home, teach a young man that is dyslexic. I thought this book might have some pointers that I might use. I started reading this book as soon as I got it, and didn't put it down until I finished it!

The book is very well written, and carries your interest throughout. It was written with quite a few interesting "rules" for teaching

and was also written with quite a bit of humor. Each idea carries you to the next idea....

It was a very enjoyable, and informative book.