The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love.

    And most of them attend classes at the School With No Name, a public school classroom at the shelter, where Stacey Bess is their teacher.Their stories do much to humanize the face of homelessness today and emphasize that the homeless are not simply a population of aimless or alcoholic, single men. But mostly these stories show how love and respect can change and empower a life. When the children are befriended by their teacher, their peers, an NBA all-star, and other members of the community who take the time to reach out, the children respond in kind with remarkable offerings of their own.

    Partridge provides a stunning array of nature-related activities that will enable the teacher to lead students to greater curiosity about their natural world and greater interest in scientific discovery. Beautifully illustrated, the lessons follow the seasonal calendar reflecting what is happening in the natural world (northern hemisphere) each month of the year. This book is sure to become an essential part of your nature study experience-a true treasure.

    It deals with aspirations and struggles which large numbers of teachers have described and which all of us share. It searches into meanings we all seek to embrace. While it centers on teachers, most of what it contains applies to people in other walks of life. It has been written for teachers with the help of teachers. The research findings underlying it are noted mainly in the Appendix. The emphasis in the text is on what these findings mean from a personal point of view.This is a personal document, for the voices of those who helped prepare it speak through it. Many of them, in the course of the study, glowed with the dedication of their calling, bristled with anger, trembled with fear, wept as only troubled souls can weep. Many of them unveiled a little of the pride and shame and tenderness people usually keep concealed from one another, and they also voiced hopeful expectations of things to be. They spoke in the language through which people reveal their weaknesses. This is also the language of humility and courage and kindness, through which people reveal their strength.The author and his associates have also tried to speak with this voice, for the concerns expressed by the people in this study are our concerns. Many of them said they have been anxious--so have we. Many spoke of their loneliness--we, too, have tasted the loneliness that flows through so many of the tides of life. Many said they search for meaning--we, too, are involved in this search. Many expressed faith and hope; unless we shared this hope, there would be no point in undertaking a study such as this, and it would be foolish to remain in the teaching profession.ContentsFOREWORD Stephen M. CoreyCHAPTER ONEIntroductionBackground and ThemeMajor ConcernsUnderlying SourcesCHAPTER TWOAnxietyAnxiety as an Essential Concept in EducationThe Nature and Some of the Conditions of AnxietySome Theories of AnxietyAnxiety and FearPerception, Feeling, and Impulse in AnxietyAnxiety in Childhood and YouthTeachers' Reactions to the Personal Implications of AnxietyCHAPTER THREELonelinessConditions Contributing to LonelinessLoneliness and Self-AlienationHomelessnessCHAPTER FOURThe Search for MeaningEducation and the Search for MeaningHelping Others through Facing OneselfHopelessness and DespairThe Paradox of MeaninglessnessReligionHumilityCHAPTER FIVESexCHAPTER SIXHostilityExternalized HostilityThe Feeling of Being AbusedUsing the Arts of Love to Accomplish the Purposes of HateHostility in EducationAttitudes toward AuthorityHostility, Guilt, and AnxietyThe Right to Be AngryCHAPTER SEVENCompassionLove of Self and Love for OthersSo Small in the Infinite Scheme of Things ----And Yet So GreatBIBLIOGRAPHY

    The book gives clear, step-by-step diagrams showing how to tie knots, splices and whippings. Each knot is shown in stages, the use for the knot is given and the good and bad points are highlighted for each knot.