As Bad as They Say? : Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx / Janet Grossbach Mayer.
Mayer, Janet Grossbach, author.; Naison, Mark, contributor.
2011
LA2317 .M367 2011eb
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Title As Bad as They Say? : Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx / Janet Grossbach Mayer.
Author Mayer, Janet Grossbach, author.
ISBN 9780823241583
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823241583
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (194 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823241583 doi
Call Number LA2317 .M367 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 373.110092 B
Summary Rundown, vermin-infested buildings. Rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems. Children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and As Bad as They Say? tells the heroic stories of Janet Mayer's students during her 33-year tenure as a Bronx high school teacher.In 1995, Janet Mayer's students began a pen-pal exchange with South African teenagers who, under apartheid, had been denied an education; almost uniformly, the South Africans asked, "Is the Bronx as bad as they say?" This dedicated teacher promised those students and all future ones that she would write a book to help change the stereotypical image of Bronx students and show that, in spite of overwhelming obstacles, they are outstanding young people, capable of the highest achievements.She walks the reader through the decrepit school building, describing in graphic detail the deplorable physical conditions that students and faculty navigate daily. Then, in eight chapters we meet eight amazing young people, a small sample of the more than 14,000 students the writer has felt honored to teach.She describes her own Bronx roots and the powerful influences that made her such a determined teacher. Finally, the veteran teacher sounds the alarm to stop the corruption and degradation of public education in the guise of what are euphemistically labeled "reforms" (No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top). She also expresses optimism that public education and our democracy can still be saved, urgently calling on all to become involved and help save our schools.
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Added Author Naison, Mark, contributor.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Nobody can make it out here alone
To the Reader
Part I: Bronx Roots
1 Introduction
2 Nobody
3 It Was the Worst of Times
Part II: Defying Expectations
4 Omara-The Orphan
5 Remarkable Ramika
6 Marion-A Rare Gem
7 A Typical American Teenager-Dominican Republic-Style
8 Tenacious Tamika
9 Multiple Intelligences: A Digression
10 Dolores-The Dancer
11 Marisa-with Charisma
12 Pedro-The Piano Player
13 Bridging the Gap
Part III: Losing Our Way
14 Deception, Dismantling, and Demise of Public Education
Appendixes
A Letter from M. Rasool
B Course of Study for Multicultural Literature
C Interest Inventory
Notes
Index

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