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A devil once lived in God's own county. A grotesque figure with many names and many faces, he could slip into the home of an unsuspecting family with the silent stealth of a cool night time breeze, and leave without a trace.Spending his nocturnal hours limping through the dirty streets with villainy on his mind, and impishly disappearing into the industrial smoke that hung over Victorian Sheffield like a perpetual storm cloud, this was a devil who was to write his own place in the folklore of his home town. Despite his fearsome reputation, this was a devil of flesh and blood. He was just a man, but a man with an unrivaled talent in the dark art of criminality and such was his fame for murder and mayhem, that he was the most wanted man in England for a time.
About the Author
Ben Johnson became a teacher in 1986. His experiences teaching Spanish serve as a foundation for his beliefs that effective language and engagement are the key to effective student learning. His unique perspective on education (having experienced nearly every grade and subject as a teacher) provide a laser focus to his writing and teachings. He loves learning and teaching and strongly feels that excellent teaching is within every teacher's grasp. When he wrote the first edition of Teaching Students to Dig Deeper, his editor called him the "Malcolm Gladwell of Education". I has been on all three sides of the education fence- teacher, administrator, and consultant/service provider. He started writing for George Lucas' Edutopia.org in 1998 when he was the assistant superintendent of a small school district. College and Career Readiness was a recurring theme in in his writings, and more importantly in his central core beliefs. Teaching Students to Dig Deeper is now in its second edition, which is new and improved. Dr. Johnson is working on publishing other books to help students and teachers, but also enjoys writing fictional stories for juveniles.
