BOOKS
Shut Up and Let the Lady Teach: A Teacher's Year in a Public School
(Simon & Schuster, 1991)
Ms. Sachar authored a memoir, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, of her year as an 8th-grade math teacher in a run-down, under-performing school in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
During her year of teaching, Ms. Sachar maintained copious notes, then returned to the school for interviews with faculty and students. She had not intended to write a book, but during her year off, several publishers learned about her unusual experience -- a journalist on the inside of a school -- and asked her to write a book. Ms. Sachar never concealed her profession to her students, to faculty, to administrators, to parents, or to the Board of Education. The memoir focuses not only on Ms. Sachar's experiences as a novice teacher, but on the life stories of five of her students, from whom she secured permissions to include photos and critical, salient life details.
Buy Shut Up and Let the Lady Teach: A Teacher’s Year in a Public School on Amazon.com
Ms. Sachar authored a memoir, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, of her year as an 8th-grade math teacher in a run-down, under-performing school in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
During her year of teaching, Ms. Sachar maintained copious notes, then returned to the school for interviews with faculty and students. She had not intended to write a book, but during her year off, several publishers learned about her unusual experience -- a journalist on the inside of a school -- and asked her to write a book. Ms. Sachar never concealed her profession to her students, to faculty, to administrators, to parents, or to the Board of Education. The memoir focuses not only on Ms. Sachar's experiences as a novice teacher, but on the life stories of five of her students, from whom she secured permissions to include photos and critical, salient life details.
Buy Shut Up and Let the Lady Teach: A Teacher’s Year in a Public School on Amazon.com
