The Private Lives of Teachers

About the Book

This is the story about a small group of people who are in front of us fourteen to eighteen years of our lives. This is a story about teachers. We think we know them, but mostly all we know is an image. Set in a suburban high school, the story focuses upon the lives of teachers beyond the classroom as the reader follows them into their lounge, their relationships, their pasts and their secrets. The Private Lives of Teachers is the story of fourteen Payson High School social studies teachers, an eclectic group with unique and troubling backgrounds, struggling with the basic needs, demands, and issues of life. Follow them for one full year and discover their world beyond the classroom.

About the Author

Mr. Wellman is a retired teacher who spent thirty-five years teaching high school psychology and sociology. He lives with his wife, Ellie, in Elk Grove Village, a suburb northwest of Chicago. ?Private Lives? is his first novel. When he?s not writing, he?s golfing, and until recently, teaching people to fly.