Educating Jack (Teacher Series Book 6)

I was given four of these books by a teacher friend. I gave up in the middle of the third - read one and you've read them all.It drove me mad, all the advertisements in the books - I wonder if he got paid for them? Every time he filled his fountain pen it was with Quick ink. His car was always his Morris Minor estate with wooden trim - OK the first time, but why not just call it a car thereafter? Same with the girlfriend's light blue Volkswagen Beetle - never just a car. And everything else had its maker's name attached and quite often the price! Did he look all these up then feel bound to include them? And his Buddy Holly glasses - never just a pair of glasses!And he is such a dull character without ambition - how did he manage to attract all these stunningly beautiful women? Who always wore immaculately tailored business suits.His characters seem to be mostly caricatures, especially the ones who live on the council estate, who mostly spoke in unreadable dialects and all appeared to have very low IQs And they all have to be called by their Forename 'Nickname' Surname each times he mentions them.Repetitive and unimaginative - such a disappointment.

Absolutely fantastic book. yet again jack brings the Rageley village to life in such a way that you feel as though the characters are talking to you. Loved the 5 legged zebra and george and the dragon and had tears running down my face as i was reading the book in the middle of a coffee shop. I got some strange looks when i started to laugh out loud but just couldn't stop myself . have read all of jacks books but this was I first kindle one and I loved the fact that i didn't have to go searching shops for my fav author or have to wait until the postie dropped it through the door. I would recommend this book to everyone the music he talks about in the books bring back so many memories of my school years and I just love all the booksA must readlynne mckeag

I am a retired school nurse and worked during the period Jack Sheffield writes about and the books bring back very happy memories of my work in similar types of schools. They also epitomise the essence of the late seventies and early eighties so well, hinting at the changes and innovations that were on the horizon, not only for education but for society in general.However I do have a bone to pick about how Mr Sheffield represents the stereotypical "salt of the earth" types who use an inordinate amount of malapropisms and who come across as eccentric, a little bit dim and not too well educated and I feel that a slight sense of benign condescension is being shown towards these particular Yorkshire folk! The professionals however appear to be more erudite and far more sensible, again stereotypical.In general though I do think the books are well written, very readable and very enjoyable and although I know that I will be irritated at times I will still buy the latest one in the series!

I have all of Jack Sheffield's 'Teacher' novels and i LOVE them all. They are SO well written that you can actually picture the characters in your mind.I got the reading bug from my dad and i thank him for giving me the love for reading.I would most certainly recommend these novels. The strange thing is if you're feeling down in the dumps you HAVE to read Jack Sheffield's novels they do lift the blues. You'll get to love the characters as i do. There's one guy i hate and he's a bully in the village. Please start reading these novels you don't know what you're missing. Enjoy

Very enjoyable read - funny and entertaining.

This book is a compelling read, and lived up to (if not exceeded) my expectations. Having read all the previous books in the Teacher series this built further on the characters we know & love. It resolved the cliffhanger from the last book, giving plenty more moments of humour and compassion. I would highly recomend this series and I'm already looking forward to the next installment!!!

I have loved reading all of the books in the series so far from when Jack first became headmaster -

humerous and very well written great read