num_pages: 278
description: She bullied, bluffed, and bribed her students into caring about school.And if that didn't work, the pretty, petite ex-marine told them she'd been trained to kill with her bare hands.They were called the class from Hell-thirty-four inner city sophomores she inherited from a teacher who'd been "pushed over the edge." She was told "those kids have tasted blood. They're dangerous."But LouAnne Johnson had a different idea. Where the school system saw thirty-four unreachable kids, she saw young men and women with intelligence and dreams. When others gave up on them, she broke the rules to give them the best things a teacher can give-hope and belief in themselves. When statistics showed the chances were they'd never graduate, she fought to beat the odds.This is her remarkable story-and theirs.If you loved Stand and Deliver, you'll stand up and cheer for LouAnne Johnson and Dangerous Minds.
language: English
title: Dangerous Minds
titlecomplete: Dangerous Minds
genres: Biography, Media Tie In, Memoir, Nonfiction, Education, Humor, Biography Memoir, Research, True Story, Teaching
ratings_count: 1113
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks