A compassionate management professional who finds her true calling in life when nurturing two, little boys from dysfunctional families; a free- spirited journalist who quits her successful career to teach kida in a school on a hill; an anxious teacher who presumes one of her students is playing one- upmanship games with her; a creative danseuse who uses her art form to demonstrate basic admic concepts- Gifts of Teaching strings together episodes from the lives of these and other interesting people. Moving away from student- centred narratives of the teacher-student bond, these episodes turn the spotlight on the teacher, and on what teachers view as pricesless "gifts of teaching" An anthology of ten delightful stories, sprinkled with insights, Gifts of Teaching is a must -read for every teacher who loves the profession..