Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807032735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sarah Sentilles graduated from Yale University in 1995 and earned her master's in 2001 from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently working on her doctorate in theology. This is her first book. . Sentilles lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts
She had expected to complete a doctorate in literature; instead, she became an ordained Episcopal minister. A white woman raised in suburbia, Sentilles concedes that she knew about poverty, racism, and injustice before the experience, but--like so many Americans--simply ignored them. Vanessa BushCopyright © American Library Association. Through recollections of the students, parents, and teachers in Compton, Sentilles describes the heartbreaking conditions of schools with few resources and of children wanting the same opportunities as others though their lives are filled with violence and neglect. Even with her admitted "savior complex," Sentilles left the scho
After graduating from Yale University, Sarah Sentilles joined Teach for America and was assigned to a rundown elementary school in Compton, California. Beautifully written, charged with love and indignation, Taught by America is a powerful tribute to the young lives Sentilles witnessed.. Through moving portraits of inspiring children, Sentilles relates a heartbreaking journey, as she learns about a failing school system, the true meaning of poverty in America, and the strength children exhibit when they're just struggling to survive
For Obsidian I both agree and disagree with Lashonda's previous review. There are certainly Hollywood movies along the lines of which she speaks. I can't remember the names but I know Michelle Pfeifer and Tom Berenger were in 1 or 2 each. The "great white savior" types of movies where seemingly all it takes is a dedicated white teacher to turn these kids' lives around.In the case of this book though, I didn't get that feeling. The author doesn'. "The value of critical thought" according to Sydney Wheeler. One of the many valueable components of Sentilles' experiences, and her writing, is her ability to see and, in turn, express a critical perspective while also coping with personal cultural barriers, stereotypes, admitted innocence, and privilege. Her stories reveal as much about a broken education system as they reveal about her individual struggles to understand it.It is refreshing to read a book of this genre (Teach-For-America m. Thank you Sarah Sentilles John Matlock I grew up white and middle classed. And by middle classed I really mean rich when compared to a large number of people. I knew nothing of the bottom part of the world.My first experience at actually seeing the other side of the story was when I went to a meeting at a high school in New Jersey only a short distance from the mouth of the Holland Tunnel that lead to Manhattan and one of the richest parts of the world. Approaching the