MANAGING WITH CLASS: AN INTERVIEW WITH HARRY K. WONG

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How I Met Harry Wong

It was only through a teacher mailing list on the Internet that I heard glowing reports about Harry Wong's book The First Day's of School. I had never heard of it before. And, I'm sorry to say, but I thought I knew a lot of the educational speakers but, I had never heard of Harry Wong before either!

I ordered the book and studied every page, every word of it during the summer. I had mentioned the book to my former principal who told me that the superintendent had ordered his videotapes. The last week of the summer, I spent every day watching the videos, studying them and taking copious notes. (The videos were so popular this summer, that I was allowed to take only two of them out a day, return them to the board office and get two more.) I spent a lot of hours with Harry, before meeting him!

I followed his advice--yes, even dusting and framing all my degrees--and that first day, that first week was one of the most pleasant and memorable teaching experiences I've ever had.

The weekend before I met Harry, my wife and I had dinner with a good couple of ours--an elementary school French teacher and her husband, a brand new high school vice principal. He just happened to mention that there was an in service with a Harry Wong on Thursday, September 23, 1999. (Our district now is so big, we just don't hear about these speakers and in services.) I called his publishing company and set up an interview with him just before his presentation at a local high school. And that's how I came to meet Harry and Rosemary Wong, authors of The First Day's of School --and I'm glad I did!

MANAGING WITH CLASS: AN INTERVIEW WITH HARRY K. WONG

Former high school science teacher in Menlo Park, California U.S.A. for 17 years, Harry K. Wong is a best selling author and speaker. I interviewed Harry just before his morning presentation to a group of new teachers.

Busy Educator: What do you feel is the number one challenge confronting teachers today?

Harry Wong: Managing the classroom correctly.

Busy Educator: What's one piece of advice you can give teachers to have a great teaching career?

Harry Wong: Managing that class. If you don't have good classroom management, you'll never be able to do what you want to do.

Busy Educator: Why did you decide to write The First Day's of School?

Harry Wong: I presented to teachers who thought that the presentation was going to be "another boring inservice." They asked me for material. I had nothing to hand out.

Busy Educator: There are many books on classroom management. Why has your book done so well?

Harry Wong: The book isn't written by a college professor. It's not like a college textbook. It's teacher to teacher, well designed, easy to understand and believable.

Busy Educator: You mention that America became strong with its cultural values i.e. hard work, effort and integrity. How does America and Canada get those values back?

Harry Wong: The parents aren't doing it. Kids are developing and creating their own culture. They're not going to church. It's up to the teacher and the schools.

Click here for a review of Harry K. Wong's book The First Days Of School
Click here for a summary of major concepts covered by Harry K. Wong