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The book is mostly a series of stories about the author's desire to be a teacher, working his way through college with terrible jobs, and teaching for fourteen years in three different high schools before entering resident graduate school pursuing a Ph. D. in genetics. The graduate school episode took place with a wife and five young children and required unbelievable financial craftiness. Much of the book also deals with teaching at the college level following the doctorate degree in genetics, along with chairing a biology department, conducting research, and engaging in scientific communication. Most of the stories are about humorous events; however, a few others are more serious situations. The last three chapters offer personal opinions, viewpoints, and biases regarding pedagogy along with more of the ever presence of fun events and the throes of teaching.
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Richard Kowles is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Biology at Saint Mary s University of Minnesota in Winona, MN. His Undergraduate degree was obtained from Winona State university and after completing two masters degrees, one in biology and one in education, he earned a Ph.D. in genetics at the University of Minnesota. He has taught for the past fifty-eight years at various levels, the last forty years as a geneticist and cell biologist at Saint Mary s University. At almost all of the institutions in which the author has taught he has received teaching awards, including the Minnesota Science Teacher of the Year Award in 1984. Kowles is the author of two college textbooks, Genetics, Society, and Decisions (Scott Foresman & Co.) and Problem Solving in Genetics (Springer-Verlag). He has also authored a trade book with Prometheus Books geared for the general public titled The Wonder of Genetics.
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A Passion to Teach : Fifty-Eight Years of Humorous, Weird, and Engaging Tales
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