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Kay McSpaddenauthor profile |
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| gender | female | |||
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| place of birth | United States | |||
| website | http://www.notesfromaclassroom.com | |||
| genre | Nonfiction, Parenting & Families, Biographies & Memoirs | |||
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about this author
For the past 30 years I have taught English in a high-poverty high school in rural South Carolina, and every other week I share the voices of my students and my concerns about education and parenting in an op-ed column in The Charlotte Observer. "Notes from a Classroom: Reflections on Teaching" is a compilation of some of those columns. If you are interested in young people and education today, you may find that these columns also speak to you. |
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books by Kay McSpaddencombine editionsavg rating: 3.67 | 3 ratings | 1 distinct work
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The Gathering (Paperback) by Anne Enright bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Everything Is Illuminated (Paperback) by Jonathan Safran Foer |
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Paperback) by Jonathan Safran Foer |
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read in January, 2007
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"A bit of a sophomore slump after an amazing first novel, but brilliant nonetheless. Foer takes on the aftermath of 911 with a poignant story of a boy's search for his missing father. Foer's lyricism is exceptional.
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Invisible Man (Paperback) by Ralph Ellison |
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The March: A Novel (Paperback) by E.L. Doctorow |
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recommended for: fans of historical fiction.
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"I'm not a fan of historical fiction per se, and growing up and living all my life in the American South, I'm a bit weary of the Civil War, but this book was full of fascinating characters who leaped off the page for me. Even the evil characters were...more
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Jane Austen - Her Life And Letters - A Family Record (Paperback) by William Austen Leigh |
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recommended for: Jane Austen fans.
read in March, 2008
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"Only an Austen-o-phile would have the patience to trudge through Jane's letters to her siblings, but then no one but an Austen-o-phile would buy this book to start with! I wish it had more background information about people Jane mentions or comment...more
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The Diagnosis: A Novel (Paperback) by Alan Lightman |
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read in June, 2006
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"The most maddening aspect of this book was how pitiful the payoff is at the end. The poor reader suffers through 300+ pages of worrying about the main character who suffers from an undiagnosed illness only to find out....nothing.
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"I actually listened to this on tape. I buy used tapes so don't always have much selection. Picked this becausese I tend to be fascinated by things medical. I kept listening in hopes of a resolution. Btween the first tape and the last I suffered thro...more " | |||
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— Socrates
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Kay, I added your book Notes from a Classroom: Reflexions on Teaching to my to-read list.
Kay, I added your book Notes from a Classroom: Reflexions on Teaching to my to-read list.
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