Needed: suggestons for a potential teacher

Dan Conrad's son, now in his mid-20s, dumped his post-college corporate job last summer and headed for Japan to teach English.

He really likes what he's doing and suspects he might want to teach when he returns to the states.

He asked his dad for books, "You asked what I wanted for my b'day and I was thinking that one idea would be a book about teaching elementary or middle school. Either a story from a teacher or even a book on education theory."

So, Dan is looking for recommendations.

Do you have any? Add them as comments or send the to me and I'll pass them on to the birthday gift-buying dad.