The Adminisphere

by John Prather

Greg Samson is a brand-new teacher at a brand-new high school in a wealthy suburb of Phoenix. While he finds teaching to be a noble profession, his hard work and persistence are no match for the irrelevant decisions and absurd policies which fall from The Adminisphere.

The perpetrators are a tyrannical principal; the revolving door of Superintendents; administrators with their own agendas; meddling parents and expensive lawyers to whom the District invariably capitulates; pointless meetings, overvalued football coaches, ridiculous expectations, and many more. Tormented by bizarre dreams and plagued by self-doubt, Greg must balance his idealism against the absurdity, a journey he shares with colleagues but navigates on his own unique terms.

This satirical look at the world of education is bound to make you laugh, but will also make you think about public schools today.

481 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 11, 2016

About the author

Diverse, literate, quirky, curious, passionate, thoughtful, balding, John is a former teacher and licensed attorney, now retired to the beach in California. He graduated from Arizona State University (BA in Journalism), University of Texas (MA in Radio-TV-Film), Arizona State University again (MBA), and the University of Arizona (JD). John has run competitively on three continents and has broken his nose 15 times. His favorite color is orange. Married in 1998, with a son born in 2002 who is both smarter and more stubborn than he is.

Reviews

[Doug Gibby · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is engaging - hard to put it down. There is a lot of satire about school administrators and the obstacles they can place in the way of dutiful school teachers.

The writing was clear and descriptive. I enjoyed narratives which include accurate glimpses of life in the Phoenix area.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was good. It reminded me of an 80s movie with well, a bit more meaning.