Teachers’ Day 2019: Books that uphold the bond teachers and students share | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Teachers’ Day 2019: Books that uphold the bond teachers and students share | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

To Sir, with Love by E R Braithwaite

This 1959 autobiographical novel remains an enduring book on teachers and their relationship with students. (Source: Amazon.in)

This 1959 autobiographical novel is a compelling take on how Ricky Braithwaite, an engineer from British Guiana, won over a class full of unmotivated and unruly children. In many ways, the novel, which was later made into a film, serves as a precursor to Dead Poet’s Society for the way Braithwaite departs from the traditional forms of teaching and forges an intimate relationship with the students.