I'd like to apologize to every teacher I ever had : my year as a rookie teacher at Northeast High /
Tony Danza.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Crown Archetype, c2012.
- 262 p. ; 25 cm.
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.