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| Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students (Teaching for Social Justice Series)
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Author: Gregory Michie
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Release Date: 1999-10-15
ISBN-10: 0807738891
ISBN-13: 9780807738894
List Price: $44.00
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Michie's account of learning to teach in a big and often unwieldy public school system deals honestly with the critical moral issues all teachers must face. While not shying away from hard truths, he lends a measure of hope, humor, and practical insight about the difficult work of teaching for social justice.
Excellent Info for New Teachers
| Customer Rating: | | This book is phenomenal! It's written by a Chicago teacher, with real-life experiences. Gives perspectives from teacher and students--very real and very helpful, especially for new teachers, or teachers who need a "lift". Highly recommended reading. Hope you enjoy! |
Otherworldly Pain
| Customer Rating:  | | Michies book was an eye-opener for me because of my padded, well-sheltered middle school experience. Many kids not only have learning differences that Michie has to cope with in this book, but heavy outside influences that bear greatly on their lives. Imagine making it through middle school having to deal with gangs pressuring you to join, hateful parents, and police brutality. Middle school doesn't sound all that easy anymore does it? Michie is in no means a superman and he can't save them all, but that doesn't keep him from trying. |
Book Purchase
| Customer Rating: | | The book we ordered was in great shape and save us mega bucks. Thanks |
Great Book on Teaching
| Customer Rating: | | This book is written with passion. Its story is told not through the author, but through the anecdotes, vignettes, and interviews provided by his students. A reader can tell what an inspired and inspiring teacher Mr. Michie really is. I would recommend this book to any new teachers or anyone interested in the problems of social justice and education in the US. |
Holler for Michie
| Customer Rating: | Gregory Michie's series of vignettes weaves an interesting story of his life as a young, inexperienced teacher in a poor and violent public school system. Although the book's time line is scattered, the reader can easily get a feel for the struggles of both Michie and his students. Set in the 1990's in the "Back of the Yard" Mexican-American neighborhood in inner city Chicago, we are introduced briefly, yet intensely, to many of Michie's students who struggle to stay in school. The pages fly by because they are rich with dialogue and stories from Michie's colorful students. If you was looking for an insightful book with a passionate look into the mind of some diversely opinionated adolescents, this is a great book for you.
As a teacher, I found Michie's book inspiring. Although the time line, at points, is difficult to follow, I sincerely enjoyed the honest approach of the book. As a result of reading this text, I decided to spend more one on one time with some of my students. Michie, with the help if a reverend-like teacher, starts to look past the "gangster" in order to find the student inside. I thought that maybe I had been judging some of my most challenging students too quickly. Have I been subconsciously treating the students who I know to be involved in more trouble differently? Have I been ignoring kids because I think that "they don't care anyway"? I tried to put my feeling aside and at least talk to some of the students whom I found troublesome. Every day last week, I invited a new kid to eat lunch with me. Even if I could not be the extra-curricular, field trip-loving Michie, I could at least try something! With a few, I found immediate results. It seemed to me, that their classroom antics were a cry for my attention, and an individual conference was the perfect medicine. One child in particular, asked to have lunch with me again, and I complied. When he began misbehaving in class later on that afternoon, all it took was a sideways glance of disappointment, and he was back on track. This small simple strategy may seem obvious to many (and it was to me, I just never did it!), but it really worked. I do not think that I would have made an effort to spend quality time with my "problem" children if I had not read this book. |
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