Lives on the boundary : the struggles and achievements of America's underprepared / Mike Rose.

By:

Rose, Mike (Michael Anthony)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1989.Description: xiv, 255 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

0029268214
9780029268216

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Lives on the boundary.LOC classification:

LC 4823 R67 1989

Contents:

Our schools and our children -- "I just wanna be average" -- Entering the conversation -- The poem is a substitute for love -- Literate stirrings -- Reclaiming the classroom -- The politics of remediation -- Crossing boundaries.

Summary: The author's account of teaching America's "underprepared" and of his personal journey from a Los Angeles ghetto to a major research university.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	General Circulation Section-GF	LC 4823 R67 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		D00003826

Bibliography: p. 249-255.

The author's account of teaching America's "underprepared" and of his personal journey from a Los Angeles ghetto to a major research university.

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