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Educating Esmé
diary of a teacher's first year
By Codell, Esme Raji
- ISBN
- 978-1-56512-225-3
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1999
YA With the freshness, brashness, and know-it-all zeal of a first-time teacher, Madame Esm, as she asked her students to call her, jumped in with both feet for a remarkable year with her fifth-grade class. Her journal is at times bubbling with enthusiasm or bristling with anger. Codell is by turns tough and gentle. She witnessed two of her students being beaten by their parents after she discussed their classroom behavior. She feared that...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
