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Material Type: | Biography |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mike Rose |
ISBN: | 0143035460 9780143035466 |
OCLC Number: | 1098619166 |
Contents: | PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Our Schools and Our Children2. "I Just Wanna Be Average"3. Entering the Conversation4. The Poem Is a Substitute for Love5. Literate Stirrings6. Reclaiming the Classroom7. The Politics of Remediation8. Crossing BoundariesEpilogue: LiliaAfterwordNotesBibliography |
Responsibility: | Mike Rose. |
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"A mirror to the many lacking perfect grammar and spelling who may see their dreams translated into reality after all." -Los Angeles Times Book Review"Vividly written . . . tears apart all of society's prejudices about the academic abilities of the underprivileged." -New York Times Read more...
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