About this title: Esme Codell's diary of her first year as a fifth-grade teacher in Chicago's public schools. Ms. Esme's enthusiasm never wavers. Her classroom is an active one, full of projects and activities from storytelling to conflict resolution sessions. Outside the classroom, she endures doubting colleagues, a perplexing bureaucracy, and a principal who at times seems intrusive and unprofessional. How will her students score on a standardized reading test? Will Esme find time for a personal life?
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Book shows wear to cover edges and spine. Corners bent/rounded. No dust jacket. A few spots on cover. Otherwise in good reading condition. read more
Description: Good. 1565122259 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781565122796ISBN:1565122798
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG+, pages are clean; cover has a dimple. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 205 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Esme taught 5th grade in a tough Chicago school environment. Her efforts garnered justified acclaim. She has a spirited personality which created a rich learning enviornment, constant surprise. Highlights: Peer Conflict Resolution, Roller Skates in Class, Fairy Tale day, trouble basket, learning how to deal with a student who always says "suck my dick", Connie Porter American Girls day, Madame Esme, Time Machine made out of a refrigerator, etc. She rocks."
"Esme is a FIRECRACKER. While I don't necessarily want to be her, anyone can and should adopt some of her personality - her passion, her refusal to put up with what she thinks is wrong, her consistency in both teaching and her professional relationships. It certainly doesn't seem to sugar coat any of the aspects of first year teaching, instead expressing the ups and downs in a beautiful candid style. I laughed, I cried, I felt warm and fuzzy inside, and I felt anger at the many roadblocks she and other teachers encountered. READ IT. A must, whether you are a teacher, want to be a teacher, know a teacher, or ever had a teacher."
"Stories about making a difference zap us out of lethargy and into action - I loved Esme, her pluck and determination - as well as her very real mood swings and frustrations. This is a real story of a real person with real feelings. No denim jumpers or pencil/apple/ruler earrings allowed.
Educating Esme should be on the required reading list for lawmakers who make sweeping statements regarding the state of public education, test scores, teachers, and most importantly students."
"A great one to read for lesson ideas, inspiration, or just to remind yourself that bureaucracy and autocracy can be found above us, below us and in us and thus holding us back. At the same time, amazing things can happen when we actually implement what we learn as well as what we know to be true. The teacher is funny and honest--unfortunately her hard work and the frustrations that she experiences from administrators, parents, a disinterested community and the "system" in general make you realise that education in the USA needs work. Teachers are teachers--making them into parents, counselors, and social workers will only wear them out."
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