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As Bad as They Say?: Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx

As Bad as They Say?: Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx

As Bad as They Say?: Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx
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As Bad as They Say?: Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx Hardback - 2011

by Mayer, Janet Grossbach

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  • Title As Bad as They Say?: Three Decades of Teaching in the Bronx
  • Author Mayer, Janet Grossbach
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 194
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Empire State Editions
  • Publication date 2011-04-13
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0823234169
  • ISBN 9780823234165 / 0823234169
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
  • Size 9.10x0.50x6.20
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Category Education / Teaching
  • Library of Congress subjects Bronx (New York, N.Y.), High school teachers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010052426
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

Rundown, vermin-infested buildings. Rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems. Children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and As Bad as They Say? tells the heroic stories of Janet Mayer's students during her 33-year tenure as a Bronx high school teacher.

In 1995, Janet Mayer's students began a pen-pal exchange with South African teenagers who, under apartheid, had been denied an education; almost uniformly, the South Africans asked, "Is the Bronx as bad as they say?" This dedicated teacher promised those students and all future ones that she would write a book to help change the stereotypical image of Bronx students and show that, in spite of overwhelming obstacles, they are outstanding young people, capable of the highest achievements.

She walks the reader through the decrepit school building, describing in graphic detail the deplorable physical conditions that students and faculty navigate daily. Then, in eight chapters we meet eight amazing young people, a small sample of the more than 14,000 students the writer has felt honored to teach.

She describes her own Bronx roots and the powerful influences that made her such a determined teacher. Finally, the veteran teacher sounds the alarm to stop the corruption and degradation of public education in the guise of what are euphemistically labeled "reforms" (No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top). She also expresses optimism that public education and our democracy can still be saved, urgently calling on all to become involved and help save our schools.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 04/01/2011, Page 94
  • New York Review of Books, 09/29/2011, Page 32

About the author

Janet Grossbach Mayer has just completed her 50th year as an award-winning high school teacher of English and reading. For 45 years, she taught in NYC schools, 33 of them in the Bronx, and for the past 5 years she has been a home instructor for Port Jervis, N.Y., schools.She has no plans to retire.

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