Going remote : a teacher's journey / written by Adam Bessie ; illustrated by Peter Glanting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bessie, Adam, author.

Contributor:

Glanting, Peter, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bessie, Adam--Comic books, strips, etc.

Bessie, Adam.

Education--Social aspects--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.

Education.

Community college teachers--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.

Community college teachers.

Social distancing (Public health) and education--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.

Social distancing (Public health) and education.

Cancer--Patients--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.

Cancer.

Cancer--Patients.

Education--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Biographical comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Nonfiction comics.

Physical Description:

ix, 149 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fair Oaks, CA : The Censored Press ; New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2023]

Summary:

"With Peter Glanting's powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that plague the public education system. This graphic memoir chronicles the reverberations from the onset of the pandemic in 2020 when students and educators left their physical classrooms for remote learning. As a professor at a community college, Bessie shows how despite these challenges, teachers work tirelessly to create a more equitable educational system by responding to mental health issues and student needs. From the Black Lives Matter protests to fielding distressed emails from students to considering the future of his own career, Going Remote also tells the personal story of Bessie's cancer diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic. A fusion of memoir, meditation, and scholarship, Going Remote is a powerful account of a crisis moment in educational history demonstrating both personal and societal changes. Includes back matter revealing the literary and theoretical touchpoints that inform Going Remote (works by Octavia Butler, Neil Postman, Jaron Lanier, and Diane Ravitch). Going Remote is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The return

Our future inside

Going remote

Resonant imaging

Algorithms for home

White space

Watch and wait

The fall

Where there's smoke

Experimental subject.

Notes:

"A joint production of The Censored Press & Seven Stories Press"--title page verso.

Includes Author and Illustrator Q&A.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781644212707

1644212706

OCLC:

1315739190