“Run Home and Get June Bug” by Willaim D. Butler. ISBN 978-1-60264-922-4 (softcover) $14.95. 204 pages.
In a career that spanned forty-six years, the author worked as a teacher, counselor and school administrator. “Run Home and Get June Bug” is a compilation of accounts of episodes that were experienced during that career.
This book is brilliant, witty, inventive and absolutely hilarious. However, there is more to “Run Home and Get June Bug” than entertainment. Woven through the fabric of many events, Mr. Butler subtly implies or bluntly articulates his philosophical positions about specific educational practices, policies and laws. Although the episodes may evoke laughter and/or tears, they may also cause the reader to consider or even question his or her own views on particular issues. Some of the proverbial issues that are questioned are: homework, teaching methods, curriculum development, standardized testing, training and supervision of student teachers, home schooling, professional development, individualized educational programs and other bureaucratic practices.
After the laugher fades, upon reflecting on many episodes, Mr. Butler’s philosophy of teaching and learning emerges. “Run Home and Get June Bug” may evoke a reader’s feelings of frustration and agreement or disagreement with his positions. He gives the reader cause to think about where he or she stands on educational issues.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William Butler is a retired educator. In a forty years career, he worked as a teacher, counselor, and administrator, in schools in Kansas City, Kansas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pemberton Towenship, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Ball State University, and has a master’s degree in educational psychology from Temple University. Mr. Butler is the author of “One Sports Fan Left Behind.” Butler, who grew up in Indiana, resides in Southern New Jersey.
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