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A Life In School Jane Tompkins

A Life In School By Jane Tompkins

A Life In School by Jane Tompkins


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Here one of our leading literary scholars looks back on her own life in the classroom, and discovers how much of what she learned there needs to be unlearned. Jane Tompkins' memoir shows how her educa

A Life In School Summary

A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned by Jane Tompkins

Here one of our leading literary scholars looks back on her own life in the classroom, and discovers how much of what she learned there needs to be unlearned. Jane Tompkins' memoir shows how her education shaped her in the mould of a high achiever who could read five languages but had little knowledge of herself. As she slowly awakens to the needs of her body, heart, and spirit, she discards the conventions of classroom teaching and learns what her students' lives are like. A painful and exhilarating story of spiritual awakening, Tompkins' book critiques our educational system while also paying tribute to it.

About Jane Tompkins

Jane Tompkins is a professor of English at Duke University. She is the author of Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, and more recently, West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

* The Dream of Authority * P.S. 98 * Foyer * Other People * Teachers * Talking in Class * Higher Education * Making It * Ash Wednesday * The Day I Walked Out of Class * Postcards from the Edge * Reverie * Karate Lesson * Lets Get Lost * The Way We Live Now * Coffee * Time Out * The Cloister and the Heart

Additional information

GOR003469736
9780201327991
0201327996
A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned by Jane Tompkins
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Basic Books
19970820
256
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