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I'd like to apologize to every teacher I ever had :

by Danza, Tony. frey50
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Crown Archetype, (New York :) , 2012 Physical details: 262 p. ; 25 cm. ISBN:9780307887863 (hbk.); 0307887863 (hbk.); 9780307887887 (ebk.); 030788788X (ebk.).
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First semester. You're fired, go teach! ; Ignorance is no excuse ; Do now ; The half-sandwich club ; Making the grade ; Never smile before Christmas -- Second semester. Field tripping ; Poetic justice ; Our Atticus ; Spring fever ; Finals ; If... -- Epilogue.

Himself a "discipline problem" in high school, actor Tony Danza discusses his experiences during a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Philadelphia's Northeast High School, exploring the difficulties and joys of keeping today's technologically savvy and often alienated students engaged.