What do you do when students’ say “ I Think I Am Worthless”, “Shut the Fu.. Up”, “I Am Afraid of Donald Trump”, I Didn’t … Night”, “Fu..ing Bald Headed Mother Fu..
R. Grant writes a powerful realization of the why and how of the Urban teacher. His mastery and lifetime dedication to inner-city education identifies the social impact and struggle the urban teacher faces. In a world where the unfair distribution of academic resources plaguing young learners and traps both teacher and student as victims of a post-modern Jim Crow. Mark Campbell Academic Manager BRINDELL INSTITUTE Former New York Jet, NFL professional athlete Reginald “Reggie” Grant talks about the realities of today in urban classrooms. Since 2002 he has been in the classroom and in this book he will make you laugh, cry and think about our changing educational system. When he tells the stories of a few of his students who have said to him “ I think I am Worthless and should commit suicide” “Shut the Fu.. Up” “I Am Afraid of Donald Trump! “ “ I Didn’t Eat Last Night” “Fucking Bald Headed Mother Fu…er” “I Want to Be an Engineer” ………………….. “We should assassinate Obama…” Read his reactions and insights. Table of Contents Introduction Thoughts of an Urban Teacher Chapter 1 Reaching the Next Generation: One World Culture Chapter 2 Why I Teach and Charter Schools Chapter 3 Stories from the classroom Charter 4 Charter Schools vs Public Schools: Which serves Urban Communities better? Chapter 5 Understanding Poverty in its Social Context Framework Chapter 6 Cultural Learning Chapter 7 African American Language “Ebonics”, Racism, and Urban American English Chapter 8 The Effect of Educational Policies on Education in America Chapter 9 Intuitional Racism vs.Racism, (ESSA, NCLB & Common Core) Chapter 10 Why Students Learn and Strategies for Success Chapter 11 More stories from Me.
