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Searching for hope : life at a failing school in the heart of America /
Searching for Hope is a gripping account of life in a once-great high school in a rough Indianapolis neighborhood. Granted unfiltered access to Manual High throughout an entire school year, award-winning journalist Matthew Tully tells the complex story of the everyday drama, failures, and triumphs i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE; 1 WHY ARE YOU HERE?; 2 I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A DANDELION.; 3 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?; 4 WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH THE KIDS WHO SHOW UP.; 5 I HATE THIS SCHOOL.; 6 GO TO CLASS, ZACH.; Illustrations; 7 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE AVERAGE HERE.; 8 WHERE'S THE SCHOOL SPIRIT?; 9 I DON'T LIKE BEING CALLED STUPID.; 10 YOU HAVE TO CRAWL FIRST.; 11 WE'RE DROPPING OUT.; 12 I GET HIT ALL THE TIME.; 13 WE JUST COULDN'T GET ANYTHING STARTED.; 14 WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, MR. GRISMORE?; 15 COULD YOU IMAGINE IF WE FILLED THE HOUSE?; 16 IT FEELS LIKE I'M A SOMEBODY.
- 17 I USED TO BE BAD. 18 I KNEW I DIDN'T WANT THAT.; 19 THERE'S NOBODY THAT CAN'T DO SOMETHING.; 20 IT NEVER STOPS AROUND HERE.; 21 I LIKE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.; 22 I'M THE KID WHO DOESN'T EXIST.; 23 TROUBLE FOLLOWS ME.; 24 I'M WILLING TO RUN THESE SCHOOLS.; 25 NOW I KNOW WHY I'M TALL.; 26 WOW, THIS IS AMAZING!; 27 WE'VE ACTED LIKE THIS IS OKAY.; 28 YOU ARE SURVIVORS.; EPILOGUE.