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Informationen zum Autor By Z. Vance Wilson Klappentext In vibrant prose, Z. Vance Wilson offers insight to anyone, whether parent or teacher, responsible for guiding children on the joyous, difficult, and ever-unpredictable path to becoming their best selves intellectually, socially, morally, and spiritually. With judiciousness, good will, and humor (all sharpened as head of a leading boys' school in Washington, D.C.), Wilson puts forth a clear set of principles, both practical and idealistic, for adults directing children toward wisdom and joy. An award-winning novelist, Wilson draws on colorful tales from his childhood in the American south, rousing episodes in history, and a remarkable assortment of poems, novels, and biblical readings, to illustrate the challenges children face and to illuminate the ways adults may best reach and teach them. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePart 1: Encouraging HeroismChapter 1: A Humane IntelligenceChapter 2: Anonymous HeroismChapter 3: ToughnessChapter 4: Band of BrothersChapter 5: Eighth GradePart 2: ParentingChapter 6: A Boy's VoiceChapter 7: The HoursChapter 8: The Quality of Being ThereChapter 9: Too Much of a Good ThingChapter 10: Let the Rumpus BeginChapter 11: On SpecializationPart 3: Looking Inward: The SpiritualChapter 12: An Eternal PresentChapter 13: A Prophet in his Own HomelandChapter 14: A Rough ComingChapter 15: SilenceChapter 16: Rhythm: Keeping A Difficult BalanceChapter 17: Mark Each DayChapter 18: The Road to Emmaus: A Language of GodChapter 19: Faith, Vocation, and WorkPart 4: Looking Outward: ServiceChapter 20: For God and for the StateChapter 21: I Will Sing Unto the LordChapter 22: The Philosopher's StoneChapter 23: Good Time, Inhuman TimePart 5: Inspiring ValuesChapter 24: Chancing the ArmChapter 25: And Miles To GoChapter 26: Our Man MicahChapter 27: The Prodigal SonPart 6: Facing FearChapter 28: Anna and the SniperChapter 29: Philip Part 7: Great Schools, Great PrivilegeChapter 30: Harvard or Heaven?Chapter 31: What Wakes You Up in the Middle of the NightChapter 32: What Benefits our LaborsChapter 33: An Authoritative CommunityPart 8: TeachingChapter 34: Silas Marner and MeChapter 35: Parade Out the GargoylesChapter 36: Scaffolding and LearningChapter 37: The Freedom to Choose One's WayChapter 38: Let the Children ComeChapter 39: The Eagle and the SelfiesChapter 40: My Students, NowChapter 41: What We DesireAcknowledgementsAbout the Author...
