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Teacher Man

On McCourt's first day as a teacher, a fight broke out--which ended when a student tossed a sandich in anger. McCourt picked up the sandwich and ate it. For the next three decades, his calm demeanor and stories of difficult childhood in Ireland helped him connect with his students. He grew as a teacher and as a person, developing new techniques to educate his students. But he also became disillusioned with public-school bureaucracy, and what he has to say about it will enlighten everyone.

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  • "On McCourt's first day as a teacher, a fight broke out--which ended when a student tossed a sandich in anger. McCourt picked up the sandwich and ate it. For the next three decades, his calm demeanor and stories of difficult childhood in Ireland helped him connect with his students. He grew as a teacher and as a person, developing new techniques to educate his students. But he also became disillusioned with public-school bureaucracy, and what he has to say about it will enlighten everyone."
  • "On McCourt's first day as a teacher, a fight broke out--which ended when a student tossed a sandich in anger. McCourt picked up the sandwich and ate it. For the next three decades, his calm demeanor and stories of difficult childhood in Ireland helped him connect with his students. He grew as a teacher and as a person, developing new techniques to educate his students. But he also became disillusioned with public-school bureaucracy, and what he has to say about it will enlighten everyone."@en
  • "In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book shows McCourt developing his ability to tell a great story as he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly or indifferent adolescents. His rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph. D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice.--From publisher description."@en
  • "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, a wonderfully engaging and appealing book about teaching and storytelling. In Teacher Man, Frank turns his attention to teaching: why it's so important, why it's so undervalued. He describes his own coming of age - as a teacher, a storyteller and, ultimately, a writer. He instinctively identifies with the underdog, his sympathies lie more with students than administrators. It takes him almost fifteen years to find his voice in the classroom, but what's clear in the thrilling pages of Teacher Man is that from the beginning he seized and held his students' attention by telling them memorable stories. With wit, charm, and irreverence, Frank McCourt tells his most exhilarating story yet - how he became a writer."@en
  • "The third installment of McCourt's memoirs (after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis) covers his thirty-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools.--"
  • "Frank McCourt tells his most exhilarating story yet - how he became a teacher. He describes his own coming of age - as a teacher, storyteller and, ultimately, a writer. He instinctively identifies with the underdog. His sympathies lie more with students that administrators."@en
  • "The author describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching."@en
  • "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, a wonderfully engaging and appealing book about teaching and storytelling. In Teacher Man, Frank turns his attention to teaching: why it's so important, why it's so undervalued. He describes his own coming of age - as a teacher, a storyteller and, ultimately, a writer. He instinctively identifies with the underdog, his sympathies lie more with students than administrators. It takes him almost fifteen years to find his voice in the classroom, but what's clear in the thrilling pages of Teacher Man is that from the beginning he seized and held his students' attention by telling them memorable stories. With wit, charm, , and irreverence, Frank McCourt tells his most exhilarating story yet - how he became a writer."
  • "The author describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom, and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching."
  • "[This book is a] tribute to teachers everywhere.... [The author] records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, [he] creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments ..., singalongs ... and field trips. As [the author] struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. [The book] shows [him] developing his ... ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. His rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. -Dust jacket."
  • "PLAYAWAY. In this book, Frank describes his own coming of age - as a teacher, a storyteller and, ultimately, a writer. It takes him almost fifteen years to find his voice in the classroom, but what's clear is that from the beginning he seized on and held his students' attention by telling them memorable stories. With wit, charm, and irreverence, Frank McCourt tells his most exhilarating story yet - how he became a writer - container."
  • "The third installment of McCourt's memoirs (after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis) covers his thirty-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools."@en
  • "The third installment of McCourt's memoirs (after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis) covers his thirty-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools."

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