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Starred Review. This final memoir in the trilogy that started with Angela's Ashes and continued in 'Tis focuses almost exclusively on McCourt's 30-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools, which began at McKee Vocational and Technical in 1958. His first day in class, a fight broke out and a sandwich was hurled in anger. McCourt immediately picked it up and ate it. On the second day of class, McCourt's retort about the Irish and their sheep brought the wrath of the principal down on him. All McCourt wanted to do was teach, which wasn't easy in the jumbled bureaucracy of the New York City school system. Pretty soon he realized the system wasn't run by teachers but by sterile functionaries. "I was uncomfortable with the bureaucrats, the higher-ups, who had escaped classrooms only to turn and bother the occupants of those classrooms, teachers and students. I never wanted to fill out their forms, follow their guidelines, administer their examinations, tolerate their snooping, adjust myself to their programs and courses of study." As McCourt matured in his job, he found ingenious ways to motivate the kids: have them write "excuse notes" from Adam and Eve to God; use parts of a pen to define parts of a sentence; use cookbook recipes to get the students to think creatively. A particularly warming and enlightening lesson concerns a class of black girls at Seward Park High School who felt slighted when they were not invited to see a performance of Hamlet, and how they taught McCourt never to have diminished expectations about any of his students. McCourt throws down the gauntlet on education, asserting that teaching is more than achieving high test scores. It's about educating, about forming intellects, about getting people to think. McCourt's many fans will of course love this book, but it also should be mandatory reading for every teacher in America. And it wouldn't hurt some politicians to read it, too. (Nov. 15)
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Teaching high school is surely one of the most difficult professions. To hear Frank McCourt tell it--the challenges are devilishly amplified while our admiration for his candor and creativity is certain. McCourt recounts his experiences in New York's urban classrooms with perspective and the indomitable flair of a storyteller. Listeners will be amazed, inspired, and delighted. His thirty-year teaching career is punctuated with small triumphs, pitfalls, and difficult choices, but always candor and respect for his students. McCourt's rendition of the accents of his 1950s' Staten Island students, delivered in his Irish brogue, is a unique treat that a print reader would miss. This is a tidy abridgment, and listeners will enjoy what audio memoirs do best. R.F.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Real Life, Nov. 21 2006
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This review is from: Teacher Man: A Memoir (Paperback)
Teacher Man is one of the best books I have read. No teacher should be without the insights that McCourt offers. This non-fiction work weaves his tragic childhood into his career as a high school and college English teacher. The best stories are the true ones, and McCourt's is the best I have read in a long time. For other real live stories I suggest the book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" which I have reviewed in the past.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Different McCort, Janv. 30 2008
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This review is from: Teacher Man: A Memoir (Paperback)

Don't be put off reading McCort's Teacher Man because you didn't care for his other books. Although his melancholy nature comes through in the telling of his own teaching career, this book is an uplifting tale about what life in his classroom was like. Oh, if only all teachers could be so awesome! For me, it was one of those books I hated to see end. This McCort book has earned a permanent place on my book shelf.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 "Listen. Are you listening? You're not listening", Sep 12 2007
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This review is from: Teacher Man: A Memoir (Paperback)
A smile. A reminiscence of the good old school days. How many times did our teachers address us with that remark? If you are a teacher, how often did/do you say it to your students? Countless times. Mr. McCourt recounts his 30+ years as a teacher in various high schools in New York. For those of you who were, are or will be teachers, and for those who were, or are students, or if you simply enjoy real-life stories, this is the book for you.

Honing his teacher's skills as the years went by, Mr. McCourt delivers a true insight of life in the classroom, with its laughs, its tears, its frustrations, its joys. This book is constellated with memories from his past, which he would often talk about with his pupils, who always listened avidly and eagerly and were encouraged, in turn, to open up and believe in themselves.

His passion for teaching is all there in those laughs, tears, frustrations and joys. Unquestionably, teaching was what Mr. McCourt was meant to do, no matter how undervalued a profession it often was/is, but if you love it, that passion is the fuel igniting everything.
His writing is, as usual, witty, harrowing, poignant and humourous at the same time. He explores his own weaknesses and strengths squarely, learning as he teaches, facing hundreds of challenging minds every day.

After "Angela's Ashes" and " 'Tis ", this is perceived by the author as the last book about himslef. Should it be the case, please allow me to quote him once again by saying that I'm so glad he "sang his song, danced his dance, told his tale". Auspiciously, he'll write some more.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 a passing grade
There is no doubt Mr McCourt is a competent writer; there is no overlooking the fact that he did win the Pulitzer Prize. Read more
Publié le Mars 13 2007 par Shemogue

5.0étoiles sur 5 McCourt Does it Again!
Frank McCourt undoubtedly had a very hard childhood in Ireland and another hard time in the service and through college ... and then on into his teaching career ... Read more
Publié le Juil 7 2006 par Betty L. Dravis

5.0étoiles sur 5 I liked it!
From the start, when McCourt got in classroom trouble, he told the stories of his formerly Irish life and the students listened. Read more
Publié le Mai 25 2006 par Sandy Washington

3.0étoiles sur 5 Disappointing
I feel downright guilty giving a three-star review to the legendary Frank McCourt; I adored Angela's Ashes and very much liked Tis, the sequel. Read more
Publié le Mars 21 2006 par Sigrid Macdonald

5.0étoiles sur 5 Frank McCourt - Teacher Man
Thank God for Frank McCourt. Makes me want to write.
Publié le Fév 13 2006 par Robin Hill

5.0étoiles sur 5 Brilliant Memoir/Biography
Teacher man is a brilliantly written and wonderful book. Second to none other than A Million Little Pieces. I was astounded at how well written this book is. Read more
Publié le Déc 22 2005

5.0étoiles sur 5 Back to Back
Two great books to read back to back are "Teacher Man" By Frank McCourt and "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. Read more
Publié le Nov. 27 2005

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