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This reads as praise for teaching as serious, undervalued work. It pushes back against the idea that educators are replaceable, and makes the case that their labour deserves respect and proper support. It lands in debates about pay, classroom conditions, or the way society talks about public service work.
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About Douglas Coupland
Canadian visual artist and writer
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian visual artist and writer, known for his 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Trained first as a sculptor, he became widely known through fiction rather than through the visual arts. Generation X brought him international attention and helped popularize the terms Generation X and McJob. He later published many books, including novels, short story collections, and essay collections, and also wrote as a columnist and contributor for periodicals such as the New York Times, the Financial Times, The Guardian, and Wired.
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Books by Douglas Coupland
JPod
2006
Miss Wyoming Uk Edition
2000
The gum thief
2006
Hey Nostradamus!
2003
Shampoo planet
1992