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Genre/Form: | Autobiography Anecdotes Autobiographies Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Tony Danza; Tony Danza; Tony Danza |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: | Tony Danza |
ISBN: | 9780307887863 0307887863 |
OCLC Number: | 785721813 |
Description: | 262 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | First semester : You're fired, go teach! (Lesson Plans) -- Ignorance is no excuse (The Real Deal) -- Do now (Everyboy Cries) -- The half-sandwich club (Bobby G) -- Making the grade (No Fear Shakespeare) -- Never smile before Christmas (Northeast's Got Talent) ---- Second semester : Field tripping (Gone Bowling) -- Poetic justice (Happy Hour) -- Our Atticus (Adequate Yearly Progress) -- Spring fever (Fight Night) -- Finals (The Sons of Happiness) -- If ... (Saving Starfish) -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Tony Danza. |
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Abstract:
Himself a "discipline problem" in high school, actor Tony Danza discusses his experiences during a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Philadelphia's Northeast High School, exploring the difficulties and joys of keeping today's technologically savvy and often alienated students engaged.
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