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Educating Esmé : Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Educating Esm Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Author: Esmé Raji Codell
Esmé Raji Codell has come to teach - and she's not going to let incompetent administrators, abusive parents, gang members, weary teachers, dim-witted principals, angry children, or her own insecurities get in the way. Esmé is fresh mouthed yet compassionate; she can be both pigheaded and generous, cynical and charming. In this diary, a...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781565122253
ISBN-10: 1565122259
Publication Date: 4/1/1999
Pages: 210
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4.1 stars, based on 34 ratings
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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Very funny, witty and also very candid. It's a 1st year teachers diary. She teaches in a inncer city school of Chicago. It's not for "born-again idealists." She's blunt and at times down right crude in her approach to reaching those students that most need her. She loves her students and fights every day for them to understand her love for them and her
desire for them to break the pattern that has been set before them.
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Quick read...I think I finished it in 2 hours. But I loved it! Very inspirational.
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Entertaining and true!
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Good book to give to any new teacher. Interesting and spirited.


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