{"product_id":"2940153075952","title":"Finishing School","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great new comedy by T.L. Zempel: Veteran public school teacher, Wendy Taylor, begins her year with the usual hopes of reaching her 6th graders in a way that will have a lasting positive effect on their lives. Those hopes are compromised, however, when the district’s new plans to comply with recent state legislation surrounding teacher evaluations and pay for performance are revealed by the principal. The bureaucratic mess that this entails has Wendy and her colleagues shaking their heads in disbelief.\u003cbr\u003eAdding to her woes, Wendy finds herself targeted by the new assistant principal who is also her evaluator. Nothing she does is right and she struggles to maintain her equilibrium in this trying new world she now inhabits. The author has chosen to address a very real and disturbing trend in education by injecting humor into it: Wendy’s class is unbelievably trying, her inner voice makes editorial comments about everything, and her outspokenness about the situation at hand entertains her colleagues on a daily basis.\u003cbr\u003eThings come to a head when Wendy “accidentally” discovers the real reason her evaluator has come down so hard on her, after which she makes a few decisions that land her in hot water with the district.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T.L. Zempel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103280709872,"sku":"2940153075952","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153075952_p0.jpg?v=1764048726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153075952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}