“Get Out.” Advice on Teaching High School From the Late, Great Frank McCourt
On my second day as a rookie English teacher at my alma mater, Stuyvesant High School, I walked down the fourth floor hallway on my way to class. Behind a thick column, lurking in the shadows, a kind looking man
On the second day of his teaching career, Frank McCourt, the renowned creative writing teacher, unexpectedly encountered a man with an Irish accent in the Stuyvesant High School hallway. The mysterious stranger warned him: "Get out while you can!" The comment prompted Frank to reflect on his challenging days as a rookie teacher, and he decided to heed the advice and leave the teaching profession.
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