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To Teach: The Journey, In Comics (2010)

by William Ayers(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

080775062X (ISBN13: 9780807750629)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Teachers College Press

review 1: I picked this book up because I wanted to learn about the conundrums and difficulties of teaching from the inside, which graphic novels are often quite good at expressing. I felt that this book taught me nothing that I didn't already know or could idealize on my own though. Kids are people too. Labels shouldn't replace looking at the whole child. Perceived weaknesses are often strengths in a different environment. Et cetera. It's all true, but it could all be said in less space, perhaps leaving room for the dilemma of teachers being both admired by society while being crucified by parents and the media for not doing enough. Too much burden is put on teachers. They are a single leg in a three-legged chair, the other supports being the kid and the parents themselves. It's ea... moresy to say, "This is how it should be." I was more interested in learning why it isn't that way, why that's easier said than done, and the unfiltered version of what it's really like. Education is a complex issue and I wanted to hear it from the trenches, not from the top of the mountain.
review 2: I went to a NYCORE conference and heard the two authors speak about this book and teaching----it was one of the best speeches I have heard about teaching and I was eager to read this book....especially since it is a graphic novel. It is a good book---and has good advice IF you are a new/beginner teacher. As a 5th year teacher.... most of the "advice" was "duh!"....The drawings were lovely and I completely agree with the philosophy....but I didn't learn anything new with this book. less

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