Private gripe sessions within the confines of the teachers’ lounge are warranted. Teaching is too often a thankless job. In this tell-all book, Dr. Poochie Carter takes us inside her classroom, in the halls and in the front office of her school, bravely saying what many of us are thinking. The bottom line is, Dr. Poochie tells the truth. What students need, what the system needs and, if teaching weren’t risky enough, she takes an even greater risk by putting the spotlight on a profession that has for too long been in the shadows, treated like a walk in the park. Teaching comes with its own horrors, and Dr. Poochie shows us how the strong survive.