I received this book as a gift before I became a teaching assistant. Reading it at the end of my teaching stint, I find that there is not much substance to the style. It is a collection of quotes, which I generally don't enjoy, with each chapter being quotes on a particular theme. This works at first, various instructors or famous people reflecting on their tutelage. But maybe 25 pages in it begins to dissolve into just seemingly-random quotes on life. You could open the page at random, pick a quote and instantly apply it to teaching...or metallurgy. I finished the book and had found only two quotes to be meaningful, neither in relation to actual teaching but more as life affirmations.In short, if you need a gift for your child's teacher feel free to get this in hopes that they'll never do more than occasionally flip to a page in boredom.