num_pages: 240
description: This non-fictional account of Tony Petri, learning disabled but gifted teenager, is written in compelling docudrama form to help the reader *the controlled rage that is a hidden byproduct of school failure;*the frustration of the help-seeking process;*the powerlessness of everyone involved in that process--students, families, teachers, and helping professionals;*the ultimate hope for reversal of both the failure and the rage. By reconstructing Tony's life and each affront to his sensitivies and self-worth, we see another kind of failure--not of the boy but of the school and professional systems--failure to listen to what was really happening for Tony, and failure to really communicate with each other.
language: English
title: Reading, Writing, and Rage : The Terrible Price Paid by Victims of School Failure
titlecomplete: Reading, Writing, and Rage : The Terrible Price Paid by Victims of School Failure
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4
publisher: RWR PRESS