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LouAnne Johnson

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LouAnne Johnson is a former U.S. Navy journalist, Marine Corps officer, high school teacher, and the author of The New York Times bestseller Dangerous Minds (originally My Posse Don't Do Homework). In 1989, LouAnne began teaching reading and writing to non-English speakers as an intern at a high school in California. Since then LouAnne has taught English, adult basic education, developmental reading and writing at high schools and colleges. She also designs and presents workshops in classroom management and motivation. LouAnne has presented keynote and commencement addresses to numerous organizations, including the National School Boards Association, the National Council on Curriculum Development, National University and the European Counci...more


Average rating: 3.77 · 1,132 ratings · 177 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
Muchacho
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
Teaching Outside the Box: H...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions
Dangerous Minds: They Were ...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions
"My Posse Don't Do Homework"
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
The Girls In the Back of th...
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
The Queen of Education: Rul...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Two Parts Textbook, One Par...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
Making Waves: A Woman in Th...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions
Kick-Start Your Class: Acad...
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Młodzi Gniewni
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992
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“There are two kinds of books in the world--the boring kind they make you read in school and the interesting kind that they won't let you read in school because then they would have to talk about real stuff like sex and divorce and is there a God and if there isn't then what happens when you die, and how come the history books have so many lies in them.”
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“I know you kids are angry, because the world isn't fair. Well, get over it, because it's never going to be fair. The white boys have all the money and all the power and that's the way it is. And they aren't going to give it up - to you or to me. And you can't blame them for it because if you had it, you wouldn't give it to them, either. But fighting each other isn't going to fix anything. All it's going to do is let everybody go on insisting that black and Hispanic kids are ignorant and violent. That's perfect. It's easy. If you're ignorant and violent, people who don't like you can kick you out of school or put you in jail. And it's you own fault.”
LouAnne Johnson, Dangerous Minds: They Were Problem Kids With One Last Chance . . . Her

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