You Suck, Sir: Chronicles of a High School English Teacher and the Smartass Students Who Schooled Him, 

You suck, a student muttered.

Mr. Bae turned on his heel, approached the student. What did you say?

Sorry. You suck, sir, the student replied.

Mr. Bae promptly returned to his desk, took out his teaching journal, and wrote down the exchange, which would become the first entry of hundreds of recorded encounters with students.

Over the course of twelve years of teaching English, Mr. Bae -- or more simply, Sir -- kept several journals in which he recorded conversations he had with his students. You Suck, Sir presents the best of those conversations. Ranging from outrageously funny to touchingly poignant, these vignettes are full of heart. Pauls stories are an irreverent, honest glimpse of teaching and learning and an inspiring peek into the connection one teacher has with his students. Both educators and anyone who has ever been a student will see themselves and their daily triumphs and struggles reflected here.