Classroom Virtuoso: Recollections of a Life in Learning

by Victor Cahn

Overview

Did you ever have a teacher you couldn't forget? Someone who helped shape your knowledge and values, and so remains an indelible part of you? For more than thirty-five years, Victor L. Cahn has been such an influential figure. As secondary school 'master' at Mercersburg, Pomfret, and Phillips Exeter, and as professor of English at Bowdoin and Skidmore, he has instructed, entertained, counseled, and inspired thousands of students, who have reciprocated by granting him their respect and affection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607090069
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	02/16/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	749 KB

About the Author

Victor L. Cahn is professor of English at Skidmore College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 My Friend, Millard Fillmore
Chapter 3 Four Strings, a Bow, and Reality
Chapter 4 The Universe and Dr. Cahn
Chapter 5 Formidable Figures Up Front
Chapter 6 Academic Interruptus
Chapter 7 On the Cusp of Change
Chapter 8 Finding My Way
Chapter 9 A Teacher Grows Up
Chapter 10 Reflections on a Way of Life
Chapter 11 Confessions of a Closet Jock
Chapter 12 Professor
Chapter 13 A Job for Life
Chapter 14 A Man of the Theater
Chapter 15 On Being a Teacher
Chapter 16 Little Lessons Learned Along the Way
Chapter 17 Curtain

Editorial Reviews

Victor Cahn is, in his own words, a teacher. A great one, whose talent I had the pleasure of experiencing first hand more years ago than he or I would care to admit. In this artful and witty volume, he still has much to teach us about education, finding a place in the world, and living on our own terms.

A. T. Charlie Johnson Jr.

Delightful, witty, well-written, and insightful, Classroom Virtuoso provides not just an entertaining and informative perspective of American education at the prep school and college level, but also a thoughtful perspective of the effects of a changing American society on academic communities over the past fifty years. Whether you teach at a liberal arts college or have attended one, this book is sure to engage you.

Mary E. Morton Strey

A constantly engaging memoir by an English professor who loves his life as a classroom teacher. Full of practical strategies, it's a must-read for anyone starting out in the profession.

David B. McIlhiney