About this title: An inner-city teacher at Parkmont High School, and former Marine, shares anecdotes about the various creative devices she used to get her students to learn.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 278 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine creasing and some wear. Pages slightly tanned. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 278 pages. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Very Good. 0312956207 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Edition: 13th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Name written on first page. Light shelf wear. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Very Good in Unknown jacket. Very Good 0312956207 Tight spine, light cover and edge wear and no markings. Movie tie-in. Non-Fiction. (#40969) read more
Binding: Perfect Bound Paper
Publisher: St Martins Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Near Fine. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light wear, old sticker front wrap. PON inside front wrap. (Bio under J) read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780312956202ISBN:0312956207
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
"Ms. Johnson took a chance by becoming a teacher at a run down, inner city school in west Los Angeles. Almost all of her students were troubled and underpriveleged. "You're about to step into a room full of hormone-crazed teenagers and ask them to commit unnatural acts like sit down, shut up, and listen to someone too old to be taken seriously."
Throughout the course of the year, she began to change the way these students viewed school, and showed them the importance school will have on their futures. "I'm not going to walk into that classroom and expect my kids to fail. I expect them to learn." Individually, she connected with each of her students personally, and helped them when troubled, whether in, or out of school. A strong trust between the students and teacher was what made their relationship work well. Each student knew that Ms. Johnson was there for them, and that she would guide them along where ever they needed help.
"What are you teaching, you may ask? You're teaching kids how to analyze information, relate it to other information they know, put it together and take it apart, and give it back to you in the form you request it. It doesn't matter what the class is, we all teach the same things. We just use different terms. And you're also teaching an optional agenda -- you're teaching your kids to believe in themselves. So don't worry about whether you're teaching grammar. You're teaching those kids. Trust me, you're teaching them."
LouAnne Johnson was an excellent teacher, one whose attitude you don't see in teachers these days. I like how she showed her concern for her students she wrote about and how she helped them succeed. She helps them with their lives and gives them strength to brighten their future; she never gives up on her kids.
Ms. Johnson teaches them things they never thought they could learn or do. She gives them hope in themselves. I recommend this book to all students and educators to read; it gives an inside look at how one teacher can truly make an impact on students' lives.
This book went straight to my heart and I feel for all the characters. As I was reading the book I would be so involved with Ms. Johnson's school days that I wouldn't want to put the book down. I think this shows that there are good teachers out there, and students should give them a chance to teach and not take advantage of that opportunity.
Book Details:
Title Dangerous Minds (Previously published as "My Posse Don't Do Homework") Author LouAnne Johnson Reviewed By Purplycookie"
"What can I say? I'm a sucker for books about teachers going into tough areas and making change. LouAnne Johnson does and says a lot of stupid things in her book, but I can't fault her for trying new approaches where the old didn't work. Some things work, some didn't."
"These kinds of books (teacher makes a difference in her school with energy and love and creativity) are so often written by young teachers. It takes endless cleverness and patience for them to make the difference they make. I wonder how these teachers end up after 20 years in the classroom? Do they become bitter, hardened, cynical teachers? Or do they keep their idealism and energy? In any case, this was a well-written book. Written in a series of vignettes instead of a timeline story, it shows the memorable moments of a difficult school with a rough class. I'll have to look up the author and see if she has other books out there. I haven't seen the movie, but I always hesitate to see movie versions of books I enjoy. They're so rarely as good as the book."
"I read this before I gained consciousness about race and privilege. Now I am aware of the "white woman teacher goes into the ghetto to save the poor brown people from themselves" cliche and how problematic it is. I would have to read it again to do a fair analysis, as I'm sure my interpretation would be different today, especially after having done Americorps."
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