I am a Macon State College student majoring in education and I read A Passion for Teaching for a class. I really enjoyed this book because I felt as though I was able to peek into the lives of different teachers. It was like I was reading their personal journals on why they teach and how they are able to stay passionate about the profession. I also enjoyed this book because it was easy to read. I found this book useful because it proved that after spending several years in the classroom, teachers can remain excited and passionate about teaching. The one thing I didn't like, however, was that there were no articles from a middle or high school math teacher's point of view.

I am a college student majoring in education and I had to read A Passion for Teacher for a class. When I first picked this book I didn't even open the cover. I felt the title of the book said enough for me to know it was something I wanted to read. Now that I have read the book I am so glad I went with my first feelings about this book. It was so refreshing to hear positive comments from veteran teachers about teaching. Each excerpt spoke to me and had something I needed to hear. There are quotes in this book that I will reflect back on throughout my career. In a time where schools and the teaching profession are thought of as less than desireable, this book gives me a true desire to continue my education and teach simply for the love of teaching! Bravo to all of these veteran teachers!

I am an Education student at Macon State College. I read A Passion For Teaching for one of my classes, and it is a wonderful book. I believe that any educator would find this book enjoyable and informative. It reminded me of a Chicken Soup for the Soul book. I loved the personal stories that the teachers told and the enthusiasm that the teachers felt. If you enjoy stories and enjoy learning while you read, then this book is for you.

This informative book really opened my mind about child-rearing practices. It's so important to remember that Western culture is not the only one in the world and that we would do well to learn what other cultures have to offer us. Gusii parents in Kenya use what the authors call a "pediatric" way of raising children, contrasted to the "pedagogical" way Western parents tend to raise children. Many of the Gusii practices, which are generally concerned with protecting the comfort and health of the child, could be used by American parents beneficially.

I especially liked the vignettes of the families towards the end of the book.

This book is more appropriate for the person who is academically interested in the subject - it's not really soemthing the average person would sit down with for a good read.

The editor, Andrew Ross, describes this book as "an expanded edition" of a special issue of the journal "Social Text". Potential readers should be warned however that it is also an expurgated edition, from which Alan Sokal's celebrated parody of of recent socio-cultural jargon has been suppressed. One understands Professor Ross's chagrin at the cruel and unusual joke that Professor Sokal practised on him. However, the unadvertised deletion of Sokal's contribution is a hoax on the buyers of "Science Wars" who naturally expect to find in it the one item of the original publication that has received worldwide attention.

The subsequent reviewer found the current tome missing in scholarship, merely by not having reprinted Sokal's piece from the social text issue of the same name (science wars). If one cared to read through the book, however, one would notice a number of quite specific reasons for this: among these that the book is meant as a counter argument to Sokal, Levitt & Gross's readings of their fave foe: pomos and other dangerous 'leftists' (what does this mean?). It is no secret that these authors are fired by a profound hostility and unwillingness to engage with the material with which they are dealing. This has already been shown ad nauseam in the litterature (see for instance Callon's review in social studies of science). Nevertheless this book stands as a nice response to some of the worst nonsense that has come out of the sokal/gross tradition. Specifically one should not miss Hart's devastating analysis of Gross et al's 'scientific neutrality' and their analytical abilities in Higher Superstition. Other pieces such as Mike Lynch's are good too; some however, are merely perpetuating the current stand off in a nasty 'war' (among these both of Ross's pieces). So is this review, I presume. That said, I should stop. Read both sides before you judge, you might get to know a good bit about rhetorical wars from the putatively neutral and objective scientists (sokal, gross, koertge etc).

Why anyone would spend money on Levine's book just to find out what happened to some peripheral character with whom she once worked is beyond me.

This is Kathy's second "authobiography" coauthored with Jane Scovill. I would say that this book is not as JUICY as her 1st book, but still very interesting ONLY if you are a QVC/Kathy Levine fan already. Kathy is as honest as Kathy can be. She still will not say anything negative about QVC or any of the guests/hosts since she still is gainfully employed by QVC. And I think some of her experiences with men are nothing out of the ordinary for us really ordinary women.

"I've been lucky, very lucky. In fact, we should all be so lucky," says Kathy Levine. Actually, Kathy Levine sets clear goals and takes action to achieve them. When she makes mistakes, many of which she details in this book, she refuses to be crushed, and gets up and tries again. This was a pleasant read, chatty and truthful, like a letter from a relative you haven't seen in a long while.