March 17, 2025: Here’s a cause for celebration — educator Mike Henrich shares his heart and humor in “Teacher Boy”
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My Life as a Teacher
"This book pierces through mediocre teachers, opinionated onlookers, layers of bureaucracy, swarming technology, an expectant society, ego and self-doubt, to defend the value of education even if it wasn’t perfect for any of us,” author Mike Henrich explains.
Monday Morning Magic from Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co. — On this spectacular St. Patrick’s Day here in Washington, DC, we shine our Inkandescent spotlight on a special educator: Mike Henrich, the author of “Teacher Boy.”
“I have taught a variety of subjects to a variety of learners in his Southeast Virginia hometown, in the South Pacific, and in the DC area,” says Mike, who has spent more than 40 years as a student and teacher and keeps pointing to the splendor and potential of education even while kids, society, and he changes. His powerful book, Teacher Boy, is a collection of personal anecdotes from his 1980s childhood, ’90s adolescence, and a teaching career that started at the turn of the millennium and continued through the pandemic.
“Teacher Boy pierces through mediocre teachers, opinionated onlookers, layers of bureaucracy, swarming technology, an expectant society, ego and self-doubt, to defend the value of education even if it wasn’t perfect for any of us,” Mike explains. “Teacher Boy catalogs my own education, celebrates the potential a teacher can have to serve or fail families, turns a critical eye to his own field, and claps back at school critics.”
Indeed, this Teacher Boy was a substitute, private tutor, homebound teacher, middle and high school teacher, and behavior interventionist in his hometown and halfway around the world, in the wealthiest and poorest parts of the globe. “If I’m honest, I’ll tell you that Teacher Boy is a personal and professional coming of age story,” Mike admits. “In peddling information to others, I found universal truth in the students he treasured, and being their teacher finally allowed me to learn.”
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And don’t miss Mike’s interview at Elaine’s Literary Salon, hosted by award-winning author and restauranteur Jeffery James Higgins. When you are in town, be sure to have a meal, a martini, and an inspiring author-filled evening when you attend all of the Literary Salon events at Elaine’s in Old Town Alexandria, VA: elaines-restaurant.com.
Until next Monday: I wish you peace, generosity, compassion, and all of the other qualities embodied by teachers everywhere. — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder and president, Inkandescent® Inc. Inkandescent.us
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