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Playground Duty

By: Ned Manning

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Paperback | 1 March 2012

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In the baking heat of February 1973, wearing a purple body shirt and an expression of confidence that belied his nerves, Ned Manning faced a classroom of children in remote New South Wales. It was the start of many years of teaching that would be by turns exhilarating, nerve-fraying, and inspiring. Packed with stories of students both recalcitrant and driven, lesson plans, staff rooms, and drama, this book roams from high schools in dusty country towns to the edgy Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney's inner city and a crucible of creativity at the Eora Aboriginal Education Center. Through the challenges he inevitably faces, Manning finds the common thread of possibility and hope that runs through his profession. A funny and disarmingly honest memoir of a full life of teaching, this account has the power to rekindle a spark of glee and optimism about teachers, kids, and even schools.

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"What a different and wonderful place the world would be if there were not only more teachers like Ned Manning, but more men like him. Open, humble, emotional, passionate, engaged, thoughtful and, above all, not afraid to look like an idiot! This is an inspiring, funny, and moving account of Ned's experiences as a teacher that looks honestly at the system, the students, the setbacks and successes, and the challenge of nurturing our precious kids." --Noni Hazlehurst, Australian actress

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