Book description
Bill Sherk taught history to Toronto high school students for more than
thirty years. With his dynamic, creative, and occasionally unorthodox
teaching style, he instilled in his students a passion for history and
learning. Sherk was loved by his students and remained in their memories
long after graduation.
Keep Up If You Can is a light-hearted and touching memoir
that will appeal to anyone who's had a special teacher impact their
life.
Fun facts:
He learned the names
of all his students on the first day of school.
He
assigned ancient names to his ancient history students. They
called him Sherkules (SHERK-yoo-leez).
After
reading Webster's Dictionary cover to cover, he
encouraged his students to coin new words, and many of these were
published in his three dictionaries.
Firmly believing
in physical activity, he would leap atop his desk and lead his
students in an aerobic "Sherkout" to a rock-and-roll
beat.
After reading this book, memories of ones own high school days and
antics should be streaming to mind. Bill Sherk taught high school
history in Toronto for over thirty years. Currently, he is a feature
writer for
Old Autos
and also writes a weekly syndicated column, “Old Car Detective,” for
thirty Canadian newspapers. He is also the author of
I'll Never
Forget My First Car
and
Old Car Detective
. Sherk lives in Leamington, Ontario.
