Teacher Man.TEACHER MAN. Frank McCourt
Francis "Frank" McCourt (born August 19, 1930) is an Irish-American teacher and author. . 2005. Read by the author. 8 cds. 9 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4193-6270-5. $94.75. Vinyl; content notes. SA McCourt is an accomplished raconteur rac·on·teur n. One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit. [French, from raconter, to relate, from Old French : re-, re- + aconter, , and this entertaining anecdotal history of his 30 years as a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. English teacher showcases his talents while enlightening its listeners about the realities of public education. Replete with dry, self-effacing humor, funny and poignant stories from the "trenches," and candor and charm, he demonstrates why educational theory falls woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: short of preparing teachers for the classroom. McCourt's dysfunctional family dysfunctional family Psychology A family with multiple 'internal'–eg sibling rivalries, parent-child– conflicts, domestic violence, mental illness, single parenthood, or 'external'–eg alcohol or drug abuse, extramarital affairs, gambling, and difficult childhood, amply attested to in his earlier books, Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, are rehashed here as something he'd been naive enough to think would give him an edge with his inner city students if theory failed. But being sympatico did not make him equal to the food fight he experienced on his first day of teaching, or to the intractability of a bureaucracy that often didn't admire his unorthodox style. McCourt grew within his profession, emerging as a tireless educator from whom thousands of students learned not what to think but how. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. *--The asterisk highlights exceptional books. |
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