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Title: Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esme Raji Codell, Esme Raji Codel ISBN: 1-56512-279-8 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.24 (106 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Doesn't quite stand and deliver...
Comment: As a teacher who spent her first years teaching in inner city schools, I was curious and excited to read Educating Esme. I was disappointed that there was less introspection and too much self-promotion. I would be angry if I had been another teacher at this school because by "Madame" Esme's accounts, she is the only one who is working there. Her approach to teaching works for her, and I admire this and enjoyed reading about it. She is inventive and creative and helped her students a great deal. But, just because other teachers and administrators did not praise her every second and did not agree with all of her methodology, I felt she labeled them "bad," and this is not always the case.
Looking in is always an enlightening experience. I enjoyed looking into Esme's classroom and came away with many great teaching ideas. Where this book falls short is looking at the long-term effects and their fundamental causes. Maybe I'm just a big picture type of person, but I thought Esme came across as very self-absorbed. A fast read, I think the title is misleading--Esme seems to believe that she has all of the education she needs.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiring and Wonderful!!
Comment: As a newer teacher/librarian (two years) to the world of education, I found this book to be one of the best I have ever read. I lauged, I cried and I didn't want the book to end.
After reading the negative reviews, I must wonder and think that you one star readers sound as if you have lost the excitement and tenacity one has when entering the profession. It makes me a bit depressed to think I might one day carry around this heavy burden of negativity. If one day I become so negative and close-minded then it is time to be done. I certainly know of your type and pity you. Sweathearts, this is real life... open your eyes. It is sad, but gone are the days of Dick, Jane and Spot.
I have found wonderful ideas to use from her book. I read The Hundred Dresses by lamplight and continue to read by lamplight with the children surrounding me. Of course the older teachers raise their eyebrows at me..who cares!!! The students love it, I love it and we have tremendous, intense and stimulating conversations about the whatever book we are reading.
Madame Esme you are so inspiring. I wish I could have been your student!
Rating: 5
Summary: Educating Esme is perfect
Comment: Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year is one of the best books I have ever read. When I came to the end, I cried because it was over. Esme Codell is a defiant, tell-it-like-it-is, awe-inspiring, creative and brilliant first year teacher in an inner-city classroom of Chicago and gives her first-hand account of the ups and downs of her fifth grade class. The book is heartwarming and heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny and bring tears to your eyes sad, and above all else - inspiring. From someone who is currently applying for her first teaching position, I loved every word Esme put into her diary. I highly recommend this book to anyone!
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Title: How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike by Esme Raji Codell ISBN: 1565123085 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: My First Year As a Teacher by Pearl Rock Kane, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation ISBN: 0451188918 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell ISBN: 0786807938 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Why Fly That Way?: Linking Community and Academic Achievement by Katherine Greeley, Kathy Greeley ISBN: 0807739804 Publisher: Teachers College Pr Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic ISBN: 038549422X Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 12 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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