Search - Among Schoolchildren

This was a very good book. Interesting to follow the day-to-day in the life of a teacher as she tries to reach some challenging children.

Fabulous. I teach 5th grade and just loved this book.

This was an amazing story and I loved the writing.

We hear so much about the declining quality of education in America. Well, this is a story about the opposite viewpoint. Here is a young teacher, teaching in the depressed "flats" of Holyoke, Massachusets. She shares their joys, catastrophes and their small but significant triumphs. Makes one appreciate those teachers who really do care about the kids..... A wonderful story. You'll love it!

I love Tracy Kidder's way of sharing a subject. With this book, much like his "House," he enters into the setting so thoroughly that he apparently becomes a piece of the furniture, or at least a piece of artwork on longterm loan. He helps the reader understand the reality of teaching a diverse classroom in a ramshackled part of an industrial town that is not aging well. We get the highs and the lows as Kidder shadows veteran teacher Kris Zajak and her class of 5th graders. I don't think my explanation does Kidders work justice - daily life made as interesting as a novel. I highly recommend.

As a teacher, I related to it well. It is very real about a classroom and all of the interactions that happen within and around one.