Other Side of the Dale - Hardcover

Phinn, Gervase

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718142640 ISBN 13: 9780718142643

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1998

Synopsis

Central to this account of the author's experiences as a school inspector in North Yorkshire, are the devoted teachers and their unpredictable charges. The book also portrays such characters as the eccentric caretaker of the Staff Development Centre and the sporting chairman of governors.

About this title

About the Author:

Gervase Phinn spent fourteen years teaching, and was appointed General Adviser for Language Development in Rotherham in 1984. In 1988 he became Senior General Inspector for English and Drama with North Yorkshire County Council. Extremely witty, he is widely sought as an after-dinner speaker. He has contibuted poems, stories and plays to several anthologies. He is married and lives near Doncaster.

From AudioFile:

Gervase Phinn has written an entertaining memoir of his first year as a school inspector in North Yorkshire. His love of children and his job comes through in the stories he recounts of overseeing teachers and curriculum in this rural area of England. However, his audio delivery is stilted, with pauses in unnatural places that make him sound like he is speaking to someone who has difficulty with English. The monotone delivery does not convey the enthusiasm that the words do. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0718142640
• ISBN 13: 9780718142643
• Binding: Hardcover