Goodbye Mr. Chips

This is one of the first books I ever read about a teacher that I liked. There have been movies and mini-series made about it - I've never seen them because the actors never seemed to appear the way I imagined Mr. Chips should look. Amazon writes, "Full of enthusiasm, young English schoolmaster Mr. Chipping came to teach at Brookfield in 1870. It was a time when dignity and a generosity of spirit still existed, and the dedicated new schoolmaster expressed these beliefs to his rowdy students. Nicknamed Mr. Chips, this gentle and caring man helped shape the lives of generation after generation of boys. He became a legend at Brookfield, as enduring as the institution itself. And sad but grateful faces told the story when the time came for the students at Brookfield to bid their final goodbye to Mr. Chips." All in all, I say: READ IT