My Posse Don't Do Homework

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My Posse Don't Do Homework

My Posse Don't Do Homework

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And don’t think that you can stop them either…you think that just because you’re a grown-up and they’re a teen, they can’t kick your ass?

But I can’t begin to comprehend how a school can have the power to suspend two innocent girls for doing NOTHING when they were the ones being attacked. But she persisted, using an original mix of boot-camp tactics and genuine warmth, and, one by one, the students responded—like Danny, ``an advanced thinker caught in the body of a remedial student,'' who, inspired by Johnson's parakeet, turned from marginal to remarkable; or Curtis, who'd had a blank journal all year until The Merchant of Venice seized his imagination (``I never had anything to say before''). The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy ( JenniferRobb) JenniferRobb: Though Conroy's setting is rural and Johnson's setting is urban, both deal with students who can learn if given a chance and an understanding teacher who is willing to reach them where they are to take them where they need to go. For some reason, there are some adults out there that like to pick on every little thing a teen is wearing just because it isn't THEIR personal style.Along the way, Johnson learns a few lessons of her own, from simple management skills (``outshouting kids is like trying to teach a pig to sing'') to, most reluctantly, the hard facts of life (``You can't save a kid who doesn't want to be saved''). LouAnne Johnson is a former Marine Corps Officer and a journalist in the US Navy who restarted her career as an English teacher, aspiring to teach at a University.

While her Marine Corps training helped, Johnson found the caring parts of her personality more effective in dealing with the recalcitrant students she met as a teacher of English at ``Parkmont High,'' an inner-city school in California. This sequel to My Posse Don't Do Homework, which has been made into a movie, captures once again the spirit of a hardworking teacher whose wit, verse and Marine training help her cope with the societal dramas that entrap her students--Northern. When others gave up on them, she broke the rules to give them the best things a teacher can give-hope and belief in themselves. I recommend this book to a high school level reader, anyone younger might find it difficult to read, because they haven’t experienced life at a high school.If you don't understand what kids are going through culturally and at home then you can actually help them. Since then LouAnne has taught English, adult basic education, developmental reading and writing at high schools and colleges.



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