Dying to Teach : A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning

"In Dying to Teach, Jeffrey Berman confronts the most wrenching loss imaginable: the death of his beloved wife, Barbara. Through four interrelated narratives - how Barbara wrote about her illness in a cancer diary, how he cared for her throughout her illness, how his students reacted to his disclosure that she was dying, and how he responded to her death - Berman explores his efforts to hold on to Barbara precisely as she was letting go of life. Intensely personal, Dying to Teach affirms the power of writing to memorialize loss and work through grief, and demonstrates the importance of death education: teachers and students writing and talking about a subject that, until now, has often been deemed too personal for the classroom."--BOOK JACKET DYING TO TEACH......Page 4 Contents......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 1. BARBARA’S CANCER DIARY......Page 24 2. BARBARA’S DEATH......Page 76 3. MY EULOGY FOR BARBARA......Page 112 4. AN OPTIONAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT......Page 130 5. THE OTHER EULOGIES......Page 178 6. STUDENTS READING ABOUT BARBARA’S LIFE......Page 198 7. LIFE AFTER BARBARA......Page 222 Appendix......Page 250 Works Cited......Page 276 B......Page 286 C......Page 288 E......Page 290 G......Page 291 K......Page 292 M......Page 293 R......Page 294 S......Page 295 W......Page 296 Z......Page 297 Barbara's Cancer Diary -- Barbara's Death -- My Eulogy For Barbara -- An Optional Writing Assignment -- The Other Eulogies -- Students Reading About Barbara's Life -- Life After Barbara. Jeffrey Berman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-271) And Index.