Educational Disobedience
By Dr. Annise Mabry
Genre: Education, Self-Help, Homeschooling
Book Description
In “Educational Disobedience,” educationist, Dr. Annise Mabry, offers a compelling, unique and refreshing insight into how she helps her children overcome the limitations of what she terms “a broken education system,” in the State of Georgia. Her decision to homeschool them were borne largely due to the fact that they were not receiving the best of education, and more because protection from the unending problem of bullying in public schools was lacking. She soon realized that only a crucial intervention could save her family from falling apart, and it was a decision that proved timely because not only did she achieve her objectives, but she also ended up saving her community! She has helped many parents to transform their children from struggling students to homeschool high school graduates!
This isn't the guide for how to homeschool--it's the story of survival because of homeschool.
This isn't the guide for how to homeschool--it's the story of survival because of homeschool.
About the Author
Dr. Annise Mabry is a homeschool mom, radio host, motivational speaker, and online professor. Dr. Mabry's enthusiastic, high quality, content packed speeches and presentations have a down to earth feel that leaves her audiences with the feeling that they have known her forever.
Dr. Mabry is a civic entrepreneur. She is the President of The Dr. Annise Mabry Foundation and the Executive Director of Tiers Free Academy. She witnessed the impact that one person can make in a family's life and her mantra is “Your vibe attracts your tribe.” Prior to her retirement from the Dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Mabry was a founding partner of Mabry Investigations, a private detective agency and is currently the owner of the Back2Us Radio Network.
She is a Georgia Certified Peace Officer and E-911 Dispatcher, holds a B.A. in Mass Communications, a post master's certificate in Juvenile Justice, an M.A.Ed in Adult Education, a M.S. in Criminal Justice, a MBA and a Ph.D. in K-12 Teaching and Learning.
Website: http://drannisemabry.com
Twitter: @DrAnniseMabry
On Amazon: https://amzn.to/2uOW7DH
Book Excerpt
My daughter’s spirit broke. She became angry at everything and everyone. She was the victim, yet I was telling her to change her behavior as if she were the perpetrator. Even a simple request such as “Please turn the light off” gave way to a major battle with her. All of the rage that my daughter had bottled up on the inside had to come out somewhere, and I bore the brunt of it.
Overnight, she had transformed me in her mind from her greatest ally to her enemy number one. What I also didn’t realize at the time was that her rage from being bullied was transforming everyone in the house. We were all the victims of these middle school bullies.
Interview with the author!
What do you find most challenging about the writing process, and how do you deal with it?
The most challenging part about the writing process for me was simply finding the focus to get started. It wasn’t until I hired a Developmental Editor that my ideas finally started to make sense and my chapters came together.
When and where do you do your writing?
I do all of my writing in the wee hours of the morning at my dining room table when the rest of the world and my house is asleep so that I don’t have to hear “Honey, is the coffee ready?” when I am in mid-keystroke of an idea.
What have you learned about promoting your books?
The truth is when I wrote my book I never really thought about how I would promote the book. I think the greatest learning lesson for me is just like I allocated a budget for editing, I needed a budget allocation for marketing/promotions.
What are you most proud of as a writer?
I have two proud writer moments. The first was when I finally finished the book; and, the second was watching the book climb to the Amazon Best Seller rank in the Homeschooling New Release category. That was truly when I felt like I had arrived as a writer. And can I just add that I stayed in the Top 10 New Releases for the entire month of July!!
If you could have dinner with any writer, living or dead, who would it be and what would you talk about?
If I could have dinner with any writer, it would be LouAnne Johnson and I would talk to her about her motivation, her writing style, and how she really redefined what it means to be an out-of-the-box educator.
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