Teaching Fools

Masters and Mentors

William D Dyer

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Salty Books Publishing Company, LLC
08 August 2023

Memoirs; Teaching skills & techniques; DIY: carpentry & woodworking

"On the surface, Teaching Fools is about carpentry, design, and artistry, but it's also about the complex human condition. Written with a sense of humor, Dyer's book tells the story of building his cabin on Lake Superior's South Shore and the myriad of characters that make that happen. At the center of the storm stands Howard Bowers. Howard is both a political ""lefty"" and a redneck prone to political incorrectness. Though he does not suffer fools kindly, he is also incredibly generous with his time, inviting others into his projects, and selflessly teaching the skills he's acquired over his 50+ year career.

Dyer's cabin would be Howard's final outdoor project. A capstone project that only Howard could complete. Neither Socrates nor Howard would ever admit to being one, but, as Dyer's book will show, the best teaching is the kind that doesn't profess; and it's the inductive stuff that binds everything in the book together.

Teaching fools."

By: William D Dyer
Imprint: Salty Books Publishing Company, LLC
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 413g
ISBN: 9798987939338
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 08 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Originally from the south shore of Boston, William D. Dyer grew up playing baseball, tennis, and golf and reading voraciously. After graduating from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces in 1970, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. In Literature with specialties in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, the Pastoral Tradition, and Charles Dickens in 1979. Along the way, he worked a long list of jobs to support his studies, including road construction, door-to-door sewer connections, outside shipyard machinist, line worker at a Coke plant, short order cook, water department laborer, used car salesman, Cutco knife salesman, jackhammer operator, night watchman, landscaper, liquor runner at a bar, and night cleaner. But his love affair with teaching literature and training teachers began with three years at Indiana State University at Evansville, followed by a single year at the College of St. Benedict and thirty-three years at Minnesota State University, Mankato.