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Author/filmmaker Rich Tola's new book, The Sub: Tales of an Inner-City Teacher, offers an outsider's view inside America's troubled educational system.
Based upon Rich's personal experiences teaching in these forgotten neighborhoods, The Sub shines a much-needed light on the challenges facing our beleaguered (and burnt out) inner-city educators...with concrete solutions to fix them. There’s everything from lockdowns and school shootings, to Autistic children with a penchant for changing lives, to fighting 5th graders and discourteous kids dropping F-bombs, to Middle School girls with their own school-specific gang. Not to mention a sweet and sexy romance that's fit for a Hallmark movie!
A must read for all High School students and K-12 educators everywhere.
In addition to his storied careers on Wall Street (3 times), NYC real estate, founder of a Dot-com startup, and over the past 20 years as a yoga teacher and author/filmmaker in Hollywood, Rich spent five years moonlighting as an inner-city substitute teacher in California and New Jersey. Most recently, he spent two years as a caretaker for his parents, who both passed before The Sub was published. "Without a doubt the most challenging job I ever had in my life, and I've had many", Rich would say.
His feature film, Boulevard Zen, and two award-winning shorts, Skateboard Bandits, and Zen Diaries: The Lockdown, were all produced in Los Angeles and have a central theme of overcoming adversity. His podcast, Tola Talks, is very candid and straightforward and surprisingly funny, plus his fitness & yoga workouts and DVDs, including his YouTube series, 5-Minute Fat Burning Workouts:100 Days in a Row, gives everyone of all ages, a free and effective way to workout.
And if you still need some motivation, there's Rich's personal development guide, How to Drink from the Fountain of Youth: 30 Steps to Everlasting Youth. Ideal for anyone looking to lose weight, feel more energized, be more confident, define your personal goals and aspirations, plus grow mentally as well as improve your entire outlook on life. It's also for Millennials still searching for their calling, and for baby boomers who finally have the money but not the motivation to pursue their passion.
As for the real inside scoop, check out Rich's wild and witty memoir, Simply Between Millions: From Wall Street to Hollywood, about his life's colorful journey. Published in 2012, his biography is a fast-paced book with a heartfelt story about perseverance and spiritual awakening (the first 50 years of his life).
As one Amazon reader puts it, "a wildly entertaining and inspirational book on life never getting you down - even when you're down!"
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