This was mildly amusing. I think, had I read it when it came out, or even when I was younger, I would have found it much more entertaining. As it is, it works much better as a newspaper article, which is how it originally came out, rather than as a book. The premise, that the beleaguered English teacher is trying to teach English to new American citizens and what a job he has of it with their crazy ways of speaking English and their hilarious mistakes, isn't really that funny any more. At least not the way it is written here. And the star of the show, Hyman Kaplan, who is supposed to redeem everything because we can't help but fall in love with him etc. Well, I didn't really fall in love with him I'm afraid. I wish I had. The first essay was mildly amusing and then I got quite bored. Thankfully it was short.