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There Are No Shortcuts (Paperback)
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There Are No Shortcuts (Paperback)
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Loot Price R408
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Year after year, Rafe Esquith's fifth-grade students excel. They
read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and
stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wow the great
Shakespearen actor himself, Sir Ian McKellen. Yet Esquith teaches
at an L.A. innercity school known as the Jungle, where few of his
students speak English at home, and many are from poor or troubled
families. What's his winning recipe? A diet of intensive learning
mixed with a lot of kindness and fun. His kids attend class from 6:
30 A.M. until well after 4: 00 P.M., right through most of their
vacations. They take field trips to Europe and Yosemite. They play
rock and roll. Mediocrity has no place in their classroom. And the
results follow them for life, as they go on to colleges such as
Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford.
Possessed by a fierce idealism, Esquith works even harder than his
students. As an outspoken maverick of public education (his heroes
include Huck Finn and Atticus Finch), he admits to significant
mistakes and heated fights with administrators and colleagues. We
all--teachers, parents, citizens--have much to learn from his
candor and uncompromising vision.
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