Hugh Greer never met his paternal grandfather and by the time he was 14 years old his remaining three grandparents had passed away. He spent years wishing he had known more about his grandparents, so at age 69 he decided to write a small memoir for his two grandsons. The first “final” draft was 6,000 words. His last final draft was over 92,000 words and is dedicated to his three grandsons.
11,000 Days spans 53 years of Greer’s life, from his student days attending kindergarten in the 1950’s to his retirement as a high school vice principal in 2009.
His memoir recounts Greer’s comical, teachable, tragic and unforgettable experiences as a student in the Burnaby School District and educator in the Vancouver School District of British Columbia.
11,000 Days at School: From Class Clown to High School Vice Principal is an illuminating and entertaining journey through the evolution of education in British Columbia.
Hugh Greer began his travel adventures in the nineteen-fifties with his mom and dad. There were camping trips where he slept in a small canvas tent and was forced to do his business in a terrifying outhouse. There also were gruelling car tips to Southern California in an era of no interstate highways or bypasses.