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Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity Author: Hailed as "original and superb" by the Chicago Tribune, here is an acerbic, humorous account of one poet-cum-teacher's experience at a "New Visions" high school in Queens, New York. — Called "required reading" by Booklist, and one of the best nonfiction books of 2003 by the Detroit Free Press, Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity... more »
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She was not well prepared for teaching this inner-city class in NY & she probably didn't have the right attitude either, but you will learn no-holds-barred what the experience of taking over a troubled high school English class was like. Her summary comments at the end of the book though are worth reading through the frustrations all the way to the end.
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