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Genre/Form: | Anecdotes |
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Named Person: | Tony Danza; Tony Danza |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: | Tony Danza |
ISBN: | 0307887871 9780307887870 |
OCLC Number: | 825046359 |
Notes: | Originally published: Crown Archetype. |
Description: | [vii.], 262 pages ; 20 cm |
Contents: | First semester. You're fired, go teach! : Teachers' lounge: lesson plans -- Ignorance is no excuse : Teachers' lounge: the real deal -- Do now : Teachers' lounge: everybody cries -- The half-sandwich club : Teachers' lounge: Bobby G. -- Making the grade : Teachers' lounge: no fear Shakespeare -- Never smile before Christmas : Teachers' lounge: Northeast's got talent -- Second semester. Field tripping : Teachers' lounge: gone bowling -- Poetic justice : Teachers' lounge: happy hour -- Our Atticus : Teachers' lounge: adequate yearly progress -- Spring fever : Teachers' lounge: fight night -- Finals : Teachers' lounge: the sons of happiness -- If ... : Teachers' lounge: saving starfish. |
Other Titles: | I would like to apologize to every teacher I ever had |
Responsibility: | Tony Danza. |
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Abstract:
"I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had "is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza's absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia's largest high school with 3600 students. Entering Northeast's crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack. They cared nothing about "Mr. Danza's" showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the hot seat. Featuring indelible portraits of students and teachers alike, "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had "reveals just how hard it is to keep today's technologically savvy - and often alienated -- students engaged, how impressively" committed" most teachers are, and the outsized role counseling plays in a teacher's day, given the psychological burdens many students carry. The book also makes vivid how a modern high school works, showing Tony in a myriad of roles - from lecturing on "To Kill a Mockingbird" to "coaching" the football team to organizing a talent show to leading far-flung field trips to hosting teacher gripe sessions. A surprisingly poignant account, "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher "I Ever Had is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but is mostly filled with hard-won wisdom and feel-good tears.
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