... , as said by Robert Wilson in an article in USA Today, "a revealing, remarkable poignant account of education in America." His goal in writing the book was to portray the state of education in America today and the joy of making a difference. Tracy Kiddler is the author of the national bestseller, ... are faced with everyday. He also includes many behaviors, attitudes, approaches, and techniques that a teacher should have when dealing with these issues. This book is organized in to sections that are named with different things that teachers have to deal with every day. Each selection inc...

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... the good that they have done." Anyone looking for insight into what makes a good teacher would greatly appreciate reading Tracy Kidder's Among Schoolchildren. This passage from the book exemplifies the importance of a role that a teacher plays in a child's life. Teachers have the ability to improve a child's life without even realizing it ... It is inspiring to read about Chris Zajac. It is important for teachers who have been teaching for more than ten years to read this book. Among Schoolchildren does not let readers forget what teaching is all about. One sees Miss Zajac going home at ...

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... possession through either buying it or in this case receiving a copy from the school. The second step is making the book a part of you by marking in it. You cannot mark in a book that you do not own. Books must be "absorbed", in order to get the full learning experience. This can ... only be done so through active reading. Active reading means marking up the book by writing in the margins and underlining important material. There are many advantages to active reading. Active reading keeps the readers attention. It also preserves the ... years ago and went back to it then you could remem...

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... the long term motivation which is what is needed by each and every student. Glasser's novel closely relates to key terms in the Social Problem text book. For example, dropping out effects many young kids across America. Among the many high school drop outs, the specific reason for dropping out that ... , then the students of a lower level class would be learning a more simplistic version of the text. And in some cases have a completely different text book altogether. This kind of placement is what we do not need in our schools. It is basically just another way to outcast groups of studen...

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Book Review A Lesson Before Dying A Lesson Before Dying was written by Ernest J. Gaines. The novel takes place in the late 1940s. It is about a man named Jefferson who witnessed a shoot out ... heroism is not always expressed through action, sometimes the simple act of resisting the inevitable is enough. Ernest J. Gaines did a great job in writing this novel. It's the type of book that is hard to put down. Its such an inspiring and thought-provoking novel. The story is so real and is "a strongly felt and - in the best sense- ambitious novel ... because its so easy to read, and two because i...

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... four characters including: two people and two mice. The two mice were simple minded, but had extremely good instincts. The miniature humans in the book had the brains and the experience. Their knowledge was tied to emotion. I could so easily recognize myself in each of the characters, during many ... but it tells a worthwhile story without fussy words and phrases and does not take you weeks to read and longer to digest. The "Cheese" in the book is a metaphor for what people want in life, whether it is jobs, relationships, money, freedom, health, recognition, spiritual peace, or even an a...

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... Finn' is a classic novel ad should definitely be read by high school students. The fact that the novel includes racism and vulgarity makes the book even more interesting. The racism wouldn t offend anyone assuming that they are educated, that they know that it was purposely written that way, and ... the merciless decision that abides with society. There was no easy way to say all of that, which is another reason to read the book as a high school student. The book is a deep, twisting, beast-of-a-novel, and yet, it is humorous, interesting, and understandable by younger audiences. With all...

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... Robert F. Kennedy. Jim Haskins rose above this adversity to teach children in an ever-changing society. I have selected six different highlights from the book that really caught my attention. The first highlight was date Monday October 16, 1967. Mr. Haskins wrote about how Monday is a hard day to ... to go through or witness, the student's had something they could talk or write about and all relate too. The second highlight of the book was dated Thursday November 9, 1967. Mr. Haskins documented that there were ten teachers who were absent in the school. When teachers are absent, ... th...

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... Robert F. Kennedy. Jim Haskins rose above this adversity to teach children in an ever-changing society. I have selected six different highlights from the book that really caught my attention. The first highlight was date Monday October 16, 1967. Mr. Haskins wrote about how Monday is a hard day to ... to go through or witness, the student's had something they could talk or write about and all relate too. The second highlight of the book was dated Thursday November 9, 1967. Mr. Haskins documented that there were ten teachers who were absent in the school. When teachers are absent, ... th...

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... fancy world", but the Greasers could live happily without being so rich. The second reason that the "The Outsiders" should be taught in school is that the book teaches you the true friendship and family love between people. The Greasers is family to each other when their own family is not there for them. They support ... Like Johnny and Ponyboy; Johnny killed Bob to save Pony's life, but he never thought about what kind of trouble he is getting into. In the book, Darry had given up so much things he like to do for Soda and Pony. He worked hard to take care and support them, but he never ...

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... of the power in public schools when deciding which books will be read by the students. If a representative group of parents, teachers or administrators view a particular book unacceptable for students, then there should be an opportunity for them to discuss their consensus with those who have an opposing view. The teachers decision is not the ... final decision in this case. For example, if a word is used in a book that the teachers see as adequate for children to read but others disagree, some type of voting system should be set up to settle this problem. One reason ... that teachers c...

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... on her as she sees the petty motive of marrying. This wasn't taken kindly by Louisa although she knew that she was right. Later on in the book Sissy makes amends with Louisa, making Louisa feel good when she admits it was her fault that their relationship got distant over this matter, which is was ... another example of inexperience in life which the Gradgrind system of education has imposed on her. This is also proved by when in the third chapter first book, the narrator says about Louisa 'would have been self-willed but for her bringing up'. The character Bounderby claims that he made...

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... . It teaches the obvious lessons about the basic Hinduism and Buddhist religions, but also shows us a self-awareness journey that is taken. The book is written by Herman Hesse, who traveled to India to extensively research the backgrounds of their religions. He took the knowledge that he learned of ... Buddhism and Hinduism and put it the book, Siddhartha. Many parallels can be made when looking at the practices of these Eastern traditions, and relating it to our "western" lives. ... ready to accept it within our own being. This is another correlation we can make from the Eastern teachi...

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... as he lifted his old college teacher from his wheelchair to his recliner. Morrie Schwartz is dying from ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig disease. As the book goes on, Morrie reaches out to people who want to talk and he teaches them about the real lessons of life, while he is lying on his deathbed ... . Tuesdays With Morrie is an excellent book because Morrie teaches Mitch lessons about marriage, greed, and family that young adults can learn from. "Love each other or perish"(149). This quote sums up ... love and to love back, if we don't we are going to live a very lonely and unhappy l...

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... find mistakes and correct them this is where your players and coaches can better understand each other when it comes game time. The 2nd chapter of this book that I read was called "Over learning" in this chapter I learned that practice makes perfect, when you have to think about something you are wrong you ... people. The most important thing I learned in this chapter was don"t dwell on problems, always be ready to adapt to a problem. The fourth chapter in this book that I read was called "Consistency" in this chapter I learned you have to be predictable in the way you coach. For good th...

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... beauty and sincerity of impulsive young love in a time where society deemed such happenings as normal. Even though To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize Award, the Alabama Library Association Book Award, and the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the novel still receives shouts of criticism because of its "immorality" and "racist attributes ... in their educational careers, they do nothing to possibly negatively impact them! Books need to question accepted beliefs and they need to challenge people! If people cannot see how a challenging book help...

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... to drugs. Alice dropped out of school and she left her house. She started to do anything for drug. Read this book and find out what happens to Alice. My opinion on this book was that I thought it was a nice easy book to read and it wasn't those types of books that you wanted to watch television instead of reading. It was ... a book that you couldn't put down and I would know because boring books you just don't keep reading. I think the character of this book was insecure and she just wanted to be in the popular crowd. But she wasn't too bright because they ... used her for a joke. This...

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... as a young child how to become a successful human being then you will not be successful. If you are treated as an animal (as those in the book) you will become a human but only to know what the rights and wrongs are for an animal. The human being is a species that needs to be ... cared for their entire child hood. There are only a group of people that I would recommend this book to, and that is those who don't understand the amount of importance that there is in raising your young with the proper manners. If you treat your kids ... grow up with the exact same knowledge as they had the v...

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... are in fact our salvation later. Whereby our economy and the workings of our democratic institutions "lies in our schools today (pg. 1)." The book points out how we might better our educational systems and provides additional reading which will allow our schools to place these programs in effect. It ... goal is to turn our children today into knowledgeable, participating, competent citizens of our future. Motimer Adler is a great philosopher of education and through this book he has given us, the members of society, something to really think about. To say the least he is giveing us a rea...

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... particular horror story is not about murder of bodies, but rather murder on the minds. In Jonathan Kozol's book Death at an Early Age the victims are the students and the murderer is the government. The book is an account of the events that took place while he was working in the Boston public schools. In ... and "animals". Kozol noticed that some of the children felt so ignored and isolated that they sometimes invited the beatings, preferring the abuse to neglect. The book shows how the Negro schools received less funding than the white schools (275 dollars per each child in the white sc...

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... ? Well, let me just say parenthetically, while visiting urban schools, I saw some simply terrific teachers, some really wonderful school principals, and some excellent superintendents. But I purposely did not write a book where I highlighted these great exceptions because I've seen terrific exceptions for 25 years, and I don't want to waste my time pretending any longer that terrific exceptions represent a systemic answer to ... one of the wealthiest suburban school districts outside of Boston. There I saw what good education can be, what wonderful conditions can exist for privileged chil...

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... "dirty" and "immoral". It seems like religious leaders condemn any art that portrays a religious figure doing something immoral. The negative opposition from clergymen did not have much affect when the book was released, both because they did not provide strong arguments and because Hawthorne's writing is too sophisticated to be thrown aside as "dirty". The complaints filed against this ... tradition. It gave an image of colonial America that truly exposed the hardships that the colonists faced. The arguments for the banning of the book were never strong enough to be supported anyway. I...

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... often turned into the task of "keeping students occupied". Description of the Issue of Inequality The issues of inequality are prevalent in this book. Having been raised and schooled in Ireland, Frank McCourt was accustomed to a sort of automatic respect for his teachers (who were mostly ... quiet classroom. Sociological Concept # 3 Hidden Curriculum/Gender Code These sociological concepts go hand in hand when used to describe situations in this book. As stated in class, the hidden curriculum is the unstated lessons that students learn in school when teachers communicate behavioral norms...

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... them. The very same events that are a part of American history. An example of this would be when the book 365 Days was banned from Woodland Highschool in Baileyville (Rodgers). The book 365 Days is a collection of realistic stories about American soldiers wounded in Vietnam written by, Ronald Glasser, the doctor ... all" states Anthony Podesta, founding president of People for the American Way (Monroe 34). When information is disclosed from a text book, it brings down the educational value of the book. The exclusion of things like evolution stops young people from learning about the world...

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... quite large and took up most of the page, but I knew these words were not enough to tell the whole story. I had to tell Mrs. Tobler how I felt about this book, about this terrible act the animal endured. I decided to draw a picture. With colored pens I drew a brown buffalo, lying on this back, feet in the air, dozens of arrows deep in ... red blood oozing down to a puddle below. The scene continued with the depiction of Indians smiling widely dancing around the sad hurt buffalo. This was how the material in the book made me feel, and what I imagined. This pattern of picturing what I was...

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