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For 30 years Frank McCourt taught high school English in New York City and for much of that time he considered himself a fraud. During these years he danced a delicate jig between engaging the students, satisfying often bewildered administrators and parents, and actually enjoying his job. He tried to present a consistent image of composure and self-confidence, yet he regularly felt insecure, inadequate, and unfocused. After much trial and error, he eventually discovered what was in front of him (or rather, behind him) all along--his own experience. "My life saved my life," he writes. "My students didn't know there was a man up there escaping a cocoon of Irish history and Catholicism, leaving bits of that cocoon everywhere." At the beginning of his career it had never occurred to him that his own dismal upbringing in the slums of Limerick could be turned into a valuable lesson plan. Indeed, his formal training emphasized the opposite. Principals and department heads lectured him to never share anything personal. He was instructed to arouse fear and awe, to be stern, to be impossible to please--but he couldn't do it. McCourt was too likable, too interested in the students' lives, and too willing to reveal himself for their benefit as well as his own. He was a kindred spirit with more questions than answers: "Look at me: wandering late bloomer, floundering old fart, discovering in my forties what my students knew in their teens." As he did so adroitly in his previous memoirs, Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, McCourt manages to uncover humor in nearly everything. He writes about hilarious misfires, as when he suggested (during his teacher's exam) that the students write a suicide note, as well as unorthodox assignments that turned into epiphanies for both teacher and students. A dazzling writer with a unique and compelling voice, McCourt describes the dignity and difficulties of a largely thankless profession with incisive, self-deprecating wit and uncommon perception. It may have taken him three decades to figure out how to be an effective teacher, but he ultimately saved his most valuable lesson for himself: how to be his own man. --Shawn Carkonen
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Starred Review. This final memoir in the trilogy that started with Angela's Ashes and continued in 'Tis focuses almost exclusively on McCourt's 30-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools, which began at McKee Vocational and Technical in 1958. His first day in class, a fight broke out and a sandwich was hurled in anger. McCourt immediately picked it up and ate it. On the second day of class, McCourt's retort about the Irish and their sheep brought the wrath of the principal down on him. All McCourt wanted to do was teach, which wasn't easy in the jumbled bureaucracy of the New York City school system. Pretty soon he realized the system wasn't run by teachers but by sterile functionaries. "I was uncomfortable with the bureaucrats, the higher-ups, who had escaped classrooms only to turn and bother the occupants of those classrooms, teachers and students. I never wanted to fill out their forms, follow their guidelines, administer their examinations, tolerate their snooping, adjust myself to their programs and courses of study." As McCourt matured in his job, he found ingenious ways to motivate the kids: have them write "excuse notes" from Adam and Eve to God; use parts of a pen to define parts of a sentence; use cookbook recipes to get the students to think creatively. A particularly warming and enlightening lesson concerns a class of black girls at Seward Park High School who felt slighted when they were not invited to see a performance of Hamlet, and how they taught McCourt never to have diminished expectations about any of his students. McCourt throws down the gauntlet on education, asserting that teaching is more than achieving high test scores. It's about educating, about forming intellects, about getting people to think. McCourt's many fans will of course love this book, but it also should be mandatory reading for every teacher in America. And it wouldn't hurt some politicians to read it, too. (Nov. 15) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Product details
Series: The Frank McCourt Memoirs
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Scribner; First Edition edition (November 15, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743243773
ISBN-13: 978-0743243773
Product Dimensions:
6.1 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
528 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#566,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
A man saw me finish this book on a very crowded Amtrak train and asked whether I enjoyed it. I was so happy to tell someone how much I loved this book and his other two.I actually liked this one the least, but that barely matters. I loved it almost the same. He was an engaging and hilarious writer. He would have been better if he'd been a tad more honest with himself about himself but I guess then he wouldn't be Frank McCourt. ;) I'm sad he didn't leave us with more of his wonderful stories.
I know Angela’s Ashes and Tis get all the attention. However, as a teacher, I resonate more toward Teacher Man. I first read this on audio with Frank McCourt as the author! That accent! If you are a teacher, this is a must read.
I don't know when I've enjoyed a book as much as I'm enjoying this one! I've read Angela's Ashes and loved it but it was a sad story. This inside look into what it was like to teach English in American schools is priceless and I've laughed out loud many times as Frank McCourt is a gifted writer in that he gives you a clear visualization of each classroom scene. I love it!
This book made me appreciate the fact that I teach adults and not kids in high school. Now I can understand what my son goes through when he teaches his classes in high school. I love what Frank stated as advice to a young teacher, "Do what you love". If Frank, or I , or anyone else can reach just one student and make a difference, we feel like we are successful. We have done our job.
I taught 23 years in Brooklyn where my students were mostly Black. Some Afro American, many from the West Indies. I then transferred to Staten Island where my students were mostly white, a combination of Italian, Jewish and Irish backgrounds. I saw the many different cultures that the author experienced. I enjoyed the humor and honesty of the book. And in many cases recalled the similar feelings of the author. This book should be required reading for any education major looking into the teaching career. Great job Mr. McCourt.
This is the third of Frank McCourt's memoir trilogy which followed up his Pulitzer Prize winning debut "Angela's Ashes" and 'Tis. This deals with Frank McCourt's teaching career in New York City. I did enjoy witty and self depreciating style of writing. I was a little disappointed that even though he dives deep into his teaching career we learn little of his personal life. I would have been interested in his relationships with his wives/children and his brother (and author also Malachy McCourt). I think this would have painted a broader picture of his life and how it influenced his teaching style. I'd only read it if you've read his first two books and wish finish the trilogy plus I think it would more sense to have the back story of the other two. Too bad he hadn't written more as I think his style is entertaining and insightful.
I got hooked on McCourt's books after reading Angela's Ashes and Tis. I was hoping Teacher would be as good, if not better. I found it a little disappointing. It seemed to lack McCourt's humor/wit. Of his three books, I believe Tis was the best.
Frank's life and experience teaching in NYC school system is just amazing. I really like the way he tells his stories.In our cookie-cutter world, Frank would seem like a misfit with no future, and no talent, but this book is a reminder that everyone can harness their talents if they learn to accept and love themselves.This is a really encouraging read, especially for those who are interested in teaching, or writing textbooks for students.Teachers should let loose, and talk WITH students instead of taking TO students. Once there is camaraderie and happiness, only then can the real learning begin.
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