As bad as they say? : three decades of teaching in the Bronx / Janet Grossbach Mayer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayer, Janet Grossbach.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayer, Janet Grossbach.

High school teachers--United States--Biography.

High school teachers.

English teachers--United States--Biography.

English teachers.

Teaching--New York (State)--New York.

Teaching.

Bronx (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 166 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Rundown, vermin-infested buildings. rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems. Children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and 'As Bad as They Say?' tells the heroic stories of Janet Mayer's students during her 33-year tenure as a Bronx high school teacher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Nobody can make it out here alone

To the Reader

Part I: Bronx Roots

1 Introduction

2 Nobody

3 It Was the Worst of Times

Part II: Defying Expectations

4 Omara-The Orphan

5 Remarkable Ramika

6 Marion-A Rare Gem

7 A Typical American Teenager-Dominican Republic-Style

8 Tenacious Tamika

9 Multiple Intelligences: A Digression

10 Dolores-The Dancer

11 Marisa-with Charisma

12 Pedro-The Piano Player

13 Bridging the Gap

Part III: Losing Our Way

14 Deception, Dismantling, and Demise of Public Education

Appendixes

A: Letter from M. Rasool

B: Course of Study for Multicultural Literature

C: Interest Inventory

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613297105

9780823240814

0823240819

9781283297103

1283297108

9780823234189

0823234185