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| Title | : | Teacher Man (Frank McCourt #3) |
| Author | : | Frank McCourt |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | September 19th 2006 by Scribner (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Education. Teaching. Biography Memoir |
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McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!). McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. McCourt's rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights." For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.Present Books Toward Teacher Man (Frank McCourt #3)
| Original Title: | Teacher Man |
| ISBN: | 0743243781 (ISBN13: 9780743243780) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Frank McCourt #3 |
| Characters: | Frank McCourt |
| Setting: | United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Biography/Memoir (2007) |
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This is an unabridged version, read by author, running for 9 hours.teacher man - frank mccourt - read by the authortbr busting 2013winter 2012/2013fraudioirish rootmemoirschoolzypub 2005hm, ok - 2*--------------------Teacher Man is a 2005 memoir written by Frank McCourt which describes and reflects on his teaching experiences in New York high schools and colleges.His pedagogy involves the students taking responsibility for their own learning, especially in his first school, McKee Vocational andAfter reading Angelas Ashes, I wanted to read the second volume of the McCourt series. I was interested to see what became of young Frank after he left his poor childhood years in Ireland and went to America. But it turns out that book is out of print and not available at my library. So I jumped to the third volume, which covers Franks years as a teacher in several NY highschools.This is, of course, a very different book from Angelas Ashes, but I still liked it a lot. This is not just a journal
I do not like this book. I thought, "He's a teacher, I'm a teacher. I should read it," and "He wrote 'Angela's Ashes' which people seem to like, so I'll read it." I wish I'd left it alone. I actually bought the book for someone else, but then I decided to read it myself and give her something else. I'm glad I didn't give it as a gift.Frank McCourt was a high school teacher in New York and is an immigrant from......Ireland! He was actually born in America, but his family moves to Ireland, and he
A side note: Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, "Angela's Ashes," won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the L.A. Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers
In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt relates his thirty-five year experiences as a classroom English teacher. He tells it in a straightforward simplistic style that lets the reader gain insight into what many classroom teachers in inner city schools face, teaching five classes of thirty-five students from diverse backgrounds, dealing with all the other things that are required in addition to teaching. His first days as a new teacher he becomes victim of his storytelling prowess. It doesnt take long for
Frank McCourt: The Irish-American Larry McMurtry? I ended up with mixed feelings about this book. I loved -- no, adored -- the first section of this wry, honest memoir. The second section was solid, also, but felt a little out of place. (My reaction: What? McCourt's in Dublin drinking, cheating on his wife, and not getting the doctorate he's supposed to be working on? What does this have to do with his high school teaching career?) The third section returns to and wraps up his teaching career.
Teacher Man is as good example as any that if you have wit and personality you can tell an entertaining story. Told with an Irish accent helps too.I think McCourt, with his humble yet playful, self-degrading Irish charm could read from the phone book and hold a reader's attention. But he has lots to say worth hearing, as he recounts thirty years of teaching in New York's high schools and community colleges. A working class, blue collar teacher in the trenches, McCourt helped me better appreciate
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