Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me
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Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy
By telling the stories of some of the kids shes taught, as well as her own, Kate Clanchy (MBE) offers a candid, funny and moving insight into life in British state schools today.
The best book on teachers and children and writing that I've ever read No-one has said better so much of what so badly needs saying. I want to see this book become a bestseller, I want to see it in every staffroom, I want to see it read by every student teacher. This is a wonderful achievement -- Philip Pullman
One of the most inspiring books about teaching you’ll ever read . . . superbly well written . . . brilliantly funny . . . read this book -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
Inspiring, moving and funny . . . A book that will appeal not just to other teachers and parents, but to anyone who cares about education. Her classroom anecdotes are inspiring, mortifying, energising and moving. I’d give her an A* -- Alex O'Connell * The Times *
Beautifully written and full of heart. Kate Clanchy has written a love letter to teachers everywhere, to remind us all that as children we begin with tolerance and love -- Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness
These sometimes painful, often funny reports provide a valuable insight into the young lives flailing, striving and blossoming in the nation’s classrooms -- Stephen Kelman, author of Pigeon English
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is an honest and heartwarming look at a career path that is often demeaned, diminished and under-resourced, and will show you why it shouldn’t be * Stylist *
Honest and heartwarming -- Stylist, 2019’s best non-fiction books
An engrossing read – a fascinating memoir of a career dedicated to educating a generation of young people. Highly recommended, and downright essential for fellow teachers * Culturefly *
Funny, cynical, inspiring . . . [Clanchy has] a wicked way of describing failure in the education system -- Andrew Billen * The Times *
Her insights therefore avoid the vague generalisations we might find in a government report and come with the practical wisdom of a teacher on the ground . . . We need people like Clanchy * Guardian *
An enthralling and often profoundly moving insight into life in British schools today. * Bookseller *
Kate Clanchy, a prizewinning poet, draws on thirty years of teaching in state schools to produce a “revelatory picture of school life, and a fascinating look at the role education plays”. Clanchy doesn’t dodge the hard knocks, but what comes through from her personal stories is the transformative power of good teaching. -- Tom Gatti * Economia *
An engaging, continuously interesting book, and an encouraging one. It is full of good stories and I don't think anyone could read it without having his or her understanding deepened and sympathies engaged -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Uncompromising, penetratingly clear-sighted and fiercely humane. Few, if any, more essential memoirs will be published this year * The Lady *
One of the most inspiring books about teaching you’ll ever read . . . superbly well written . . . brilliantly funny . . . read this book -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
Inspiring, moving and funny . . . A book that will appeal not just to other teachers and parents, but to anyone who cares about education. Her classroom anecdotes are inspiring, mortifying, energising and moving. I’d give her an A* -- Alex O'Connell * The Times *
Beautifully written and full of heart. Kate Clanchy has written a love letter to teachers everywhere, to remind us all that as children we begin with tolerance and love -- Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness
These sometimes painful, often funny reports provide a valuable insight into the young lives flailing, striving and blossoming in the nation’s classrooms -- Stephen Kelman, author of Pigeon English
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is an honest and heartwarming look at a career path that is often demeaned, diminished and under-resourced, and will show you why it shouldn’t be * Stylist *
Honest and heartwarming -- Stylist, 2019’s best non-fiction books
An engrossing read – a fascinating memoir of a career dedicated to educating a generation of young people. Highly recommended, and downright essential for fellow teachers * Culturefly *
Funny, cynical, inspiring . . . [Clanchy has] a wicked way of describing failure in the education system -- Andrew Billen * The Times *
Her insights therefore avoid the vague generalisations we might find in a government report and come with the practical wisdom of a teacher on the ground . . . We need people like Clanchy * Guardian *
An enthralling and often profoundly moving insight into life in British schools today. * Bookseller *
Kate Clanchy, a prizewinning poet, draws on thirty years of teaching in state schools to produce a “revelatory picture of school life, and a fascinating look at the role education plays”. Clanchy doesn’t dodge the hard knocks, but what comes through from her personal stories is the transformative power of good teaching. -- Tom Gatti * Economia *
An engaging, continuously interesting book, and an encouraging one. It is full of good stories and I don't think anyone could read it without having his or her understanding deepened and sympathies engaged -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Uncompromising, penetratingly clear-sighted and fiercely humane. Few, if any, more essential memoirs will be published this year * The Lady *
Kate Clanchy is a writer, teacher and journalist. Her poetry collection Slattern won a Forward Prize. Her short story ‘The Not-Dead and the Saved’ won both the 2009 BBC National Short Story Award and the VS Pritchett Memorial Prize. Her novel Meeting the English was shortlisted for the Costa Prize. Her BBC 3 radio programme about her work with students was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes prize. In 2018 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature, and an anthology of her students' work, England: Poems from a School, was published to great acclaim.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509840311 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509840311 |
| Title | Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me |
| Author | Kate Clanchy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2020-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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