The quality of Nepal's school education, teaching-learning, and the role of teachers are often debated around policy reforms, curriculum, examination systems, and educational achievements.But what is actually happening between teachers and students inside the classroom? How are students learning? How are teachers teaching? Or are they really teaching? Discussions focused on such questions have been relatively few.A book that aims to irrigate this drought is the essay collection '35 Years in the Classroom' by senior journalist and educationist Govinda Luintel.He did not just spend 35 years in the classroom; he also spent an equal amount of time in the newsroom....