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I'd like to apologize to every teacher I ever had my year as a rookie teacher at Northeast High

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza's absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia's largest high school with 3600 students. Entering Northeast's crowded halls in Sep...

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Main Author: Danza, Tony.
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language: English
Published: 2012.
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Danza, Tony.
High school teachers > United States.
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Summary: I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza's absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia's largest high school with 3600 students. Entering Northeast's crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack. They cared nothing about "Mr. Danza's" showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the hot seat. Featuring indelible portraits of students and teachers alike, I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had reveals just how hard it is to keep today's technologically savvy -- and often alienated -- students engaged, how impressively committed most teachers are, and the outsized role counseling plays in a teacher's day, given the psychological burdens many students carry. The book also makes vivid how a modern high school works, showing Tony in a myriad of roles -- from lecturing on To Kill a Mockingbird to "coaching" the football team to organizing a talent show to leading far-flung field trips to hosting teacher gripe sessions. A surprisingly poignant account, I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but is mostly filled with hard-won wisdom and feel-good tears.
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ISBN: 9780307887887
Author Notes: Tony Danza was born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza in Brooklyn, New York on April 21, 1951. He received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Dubuque in 1972. He became an actor and starred in several television shows including Taxi and Who's the Boss? He also appeared in several movies including The Hollywood Knights and Going Ape! He appeared in the Broadway productions of Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh and The Producers. In 2002, he released his debut album The House I Live In. His books include Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook and I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High.

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