The Year We Almost Saved the World: Coming of Age With the Class of 2000
, by BELLE JUDITHNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780738828619 | 0738828610
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/1/2000
Unfolding | p. 21 |
Children As Teachers | p. 31 |
All The Classroom is a Stage (Learning To Stand Out Of Their Light) | p. 37 |
I Love my Mind | p. 47 |
Teaching with the Flow | p. 50 |
Reality Check (After All, This Is Still Public Education) | p. 53 |
Mental Health Days | p. 57 |
To Teach Or Not To Teach In The Public Schools, The Continuing Question | p. 62 |
Bouncing Back (The Show Must Go On) | p. 69 |
Teaching Is A Love/Hate Proposition | p. 75 |
Kids And Violence | p. 78 |
What Do I Want To Do With My Life? | p. 83 |
Administrivia: Mixed Up Priorities | p. 86 |
Coming To Closure | p. 91 |
Reflections On The Last Day Of School | p. 105 |
Summer Staff Development Realizations: Educational form VS Sainthood | p. 112 |
Shifting Paradigms | p. 134 |
Back To School | p. 143 |
Who's Saving Who(M)? (Holding Down The Fort VS Radical Change) | p. 148 |
A Day In The Life Of A Group Project | p. 156 |
Deja Vu: To Leave Or Not To Leave Public Education, The Continuing Question | p. 171 |
The Quest: To Wean The Young From Educational Spoon-feeding | p. 177 |
Ready? Or Not ... In Search Of Meaning | p. 181 |
"Do We Have To Copy The Dotted Line?" | p. 184 |
Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway? | p. 188 |
Who are the Learners? And Why Do They Do What They Do? | p. 197 |
Confronting Prejudice | p. 216 |
Teaching Values | p. 224 |
Teaching Righteousness At Christmas Time: Jesus, The Romans, And The Crusades | p. 238 |
Intellectual Slothfulness Where Does It Begin? | p. 244 |
Why I Love To Teach | p. 253 |
Thinking On A Higher Level: Asking Important Questions, Confronting Our Stereotypes | p. 269 |
My Real Life As A Teacher | p. 277 |
Why Don't Kids Want To Learn? | p. 291 |
Creating Global Consciousness: What Does It Take? | p. 298 |
The Thing That Is Lifeless Takes On A Life Of Its Own | p. 304 |
Those Who Can Do, Do; Those Who Can't, Don't | p. 308 |
Teaching Empathy | p. 315 |
I Hate Testing ... Kids Hate Testing But Tests Are Still In Control | p. 317 |
Lisha Doesn't Do Well On Tests | p. 321 |
TJ: Portrait Of A Success | p. 331 |
The Ambiguity Of Freedom Standing On My Head, But Keeping The Lid On | p. 335 |
Why Am I Doing This? Do They Want To Be Saved? | p. 341 |
Dealing With Violence--"In Your Face" | p. 344 |
Learning To Let Go | p. 347 |
Something's Missing The System Must Change | p. 351 |
My Final Evaluation ... By The Experts | p. 357 |
The Message | p. 361 |
1995-1998 | |
1994-95 School Year: Surviving Crisis, Taking Action | p. 367 |
1995-96 School Year: Creating A Magnet Center For The Visual And Performing Arts | p. 384 |
Year Two At The Managnet Center | p. 396 |
Completion of a Cycle, Closure of Another School Year | p. 400 |
1997-98: Year 3 At The Flagship School | p. 409 |
Stephen Biko, I Hope You Didn't See This | p. 411 |
Are We Basically Good Or Evil, In Our Hearts? | p. 421 |
Slack Students-Now They're In High School- | p. 430 |
Propaganda Speeches (And The Subject of Religion ... Again) | p. 434 |
Difficult Parents | p. 453 |
High School Meeting: What To Do With Our Chronic (But Mild) Behavior Problems? | p. 462 |
Changing Jobs, Again | p. 466 |
Disciplinary Problems | p. 473 |
The Day Before The Final Exam | p. 477 |
Closure, 1997 Grand Finale, English 1: The Sex Seminar | p. 482 |
Second Semester, 1997-98 School Year, Hooray! I'm a Middle School Art Teacher! (Again) | p. 487 |
Reflections On My First Day Teaching Middle School Art (Again) Expectations VS Culture Shock (And Deja Vu) | p. 489 |
Current Events: Our President's Affair And Jerry Springer | p. 496 |
The Real Versus the Unreal Worlds of Public Education | p. 500 |
Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire | p. 509 |
Teaching Self Esteem And Conflict Resolution In The Art Room | p. 513 |
Edicts From Above | p. 519 |
Contradictions Of Values, Priorities, Objectives | p. 529 |
Disrespect-Where Does It Come From? | p. 539 |
The Oregon Massacre | p. 555 |
Final Countdown: The End In Sight | p. 558 |
In Their Voices | p. 575 |
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