11,000 Days at School

One day, Hugh Greer crunched the numbers and came to a startling realization: to date, he had spent over 11,000 days of his life in a school.

From kindergarten in the 1950s to high school vice-principal, this memoir recounts Hugh Greer's career of comical, teachable, tragic and unforgettable experiences in the Vancouver and Burnaby Public School Districts of British Columbia. Spanning his lifetime career as a student, teacher, counsellor and vice-principal, Greer's book is an illuminating and humorous journey through the evolution of education in BC.