Chalkboards and Clipboards

Some people would think twice before accepting the responsibility of educating twelve- and thirteen-year-old students but for author Tommy Jones teaching seventh-grade students would rate as one of the most rewarding aspects of his life. In this memoir Jones recounts a thirty-five-year career at The Montgomery Academy in Montgomery Alabama.In <i>Chalkboards and Clipboards</i> Jones provides an informational humorous and sometimes poignant look inside this prestigious independent school where he taught seventh-grade life science and tenth-grade biology also serving as a girls' basketball coach for twelve years. With personal anecdotes and related stories he gives insight into the everyday experiences and the multi-faceted interaction between administrators faculty students and parents.Jones provides a behind-the-scenes look into what goes on behind the classroom doors in the halls on campus and in the gym of this school that holds many memories for this now-retired teacher.