Among_School_Children_Book_Review

Among School Children Book Review “Teachers usually have no way of knowing that they have made a difference in a child’s life, even when they have made a dramatic one. But for children who are used to thinking of them selves as stupid or not worth talking to or deserving rape and beatings, a good teacher can provide an astonishing revelation. A good teacher can give a child at least a chance to feel, “She thinks I’m worth something. Maybe I am.” Good teachers put snags in the river of children passing by, and over the years, they redirect hundreds of lives. Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence that conspires to hold humanity together, and it is made of people who can never fully know the good that they have done.” Anyone looking for insight into what makes a good teacher would greatly appreciate reading Tracy Kidder’s Among Schoolchildren. This passage from the book exemplifies the importance of a role that a teacher plays in a child’s life. Teachers have the ability to improve a child’s students, zajac, miss, book, teachers, one, teacher, schoolchildren, among, children, kidder, good, class, sees, reading, made, lesson, about, teaching, life, zajac’s, year, school, reader, puerto, know, just, classroom, chris, child’s, worth, way, understanding, truly, trip, rican, positive, people, out, often, never, lives, lessons, learn, home, holyoke, history, grade, going, goals