Teacher man: a memoir
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
New York : Scribner, c2005.
Format:
Large Print
Physical Desc:
389 pages (large print) ; 25 cm.
Lexile measure:
920L
Status:
Description
Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!). McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. McCourt's rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights." For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure. --Amazon.com.
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Status
Essex Adult Large Print Nonfiction
LP B MCCOURT
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Guilford Adult Large Print
LP BIOG McCOURT
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New London Adult Large Print
LARGE PRINT
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction Large Print
LTE B MCCOURT MCCOURT
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0743289668
UPC:
9780743289665
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.9, 14 Points
Level 5.9, 14 Points
Lexile measure:
920
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APA Citation (style guide)
McCourt, F. (2005). Teacher man: a memoir. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)McCourt, Frank. 2005. Teacher Man: A Memoir. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)McCourt, Frank, Teacher Man: A Memoir. New York, Scribner, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)McCourt, Frank. Teacher Man: A Memoir. New York, Scribner, 2005.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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