She candidly discusses her interactions and observations. Scoggin takes us inside her New York City classroom, where we meet her students (she calls them her friends), colleagues and administrators. Scoggin faces daily, her passion for teaching and rapport with her students is palpable and touching. While the book recounts the frustrating obstacles Ms. Dedicated, talented teachers are constantly encumbered by administrative hassles, unnecessary distractions, and counterproductive colleagues. Although she relates her story with humor and aplomb, the underlying message comes across loud and clear. Scoggin’s breezy narrative style, sharp wit and biting sarcasm. It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages: My Adventures in Second Grade (Kaplan Publishing) is highly amusing and thoroughly entertaining due to Ms. Mimi,” the pseudonym assumed by second grade teacher Jennifer Scoggin. The book is based on the popular blog by “Mrs. Mimi,” who depicts in her new book a reality where devoted teachers struggle to engage and enlighten their students amid a suffocating environment. But “It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages,” according to “Mrs. We picture elementary school as a bastion of learning, teeming with the creativity and inspiration that flows from the collective energies of the dedicated faculty.
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