Veteran teacher Julie Landsman leads the reader through a day of teaching and reflection about her work with high school students who are from a va...
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Apr 18, 2010
Ariah
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I picked up this book because I know the women who wrote it from a writer's group I'm a part of on the northside of Minneapolis. The book is about her work in the Minneapolis public schools. Having worked with a similar population (high school students) in a different state and now living in Minneapolis, and being interested in the topic, I figured the book was right up my alley. I'm not a teacher, but I have a passion for addressing the injustices in our education system.
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Apr 18, 2010
Ann
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A well-structured book (she links each chapter to a period in the typical high school teacher's day), Landsman explores how diversity in schools challenges traditional teaching and offers both reflective and practical ways to think about diverse education. She writes about issues that confront white teachers in diverse schools in a way that is both challenging and encouraging. Particularly interesting for me was her discussion of Hmong students, a population in Minneapolis that I was not famil
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Mar 18, 2010
Sarah
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I really enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to anybody that is thinking about becoming a teacher.
Nov 05, 2010
Houserlc
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It's really, really interesting and absorbing. And inspiring. As the parent of two Asian American boys and two African American girls, it makes me want to stay extremely alert to their educational experience.
Jun 29, 2008
Mary
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Interesting insight and perspective from a seasoned teacher. This is necessary no matter WHERE you teach, even if there are VERY few-no students of color in your school, this is an informational and powerful book. ANY esl teachers out there, I recommend this for sure!
Aug 05, 2008
Susan
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This teaching memoir-- a reread from several years ago-- presents incredibly moving stories about Landsman's high school students in inner-city Minneapolis. Highly recommended for all of the educators in the audience!
Sep 13, 2007
Very interesting and fun to read because the author is a teacher in Minneapolis and she brings up many schools that I have worked at!
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