Crosswinds
Subtitle: memoirs of a jail teacher
By: D.H. Goddard
Publisher: [CreateSpace]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Charleston, SC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781453805374
Subjects: Teachers; Biography; Prison educators; Juvenile delinquents; Education; Prisoners; GED tests; Study and teaching
Description: "Through anecdotal memoirs, a dedicated but conflicted GED teacher recounts his experience within an incarcerated-youth, jail classroom. A rare inside look of daily jail life and the ensuing emotional chaos. Although the sanity of the teacher may at times be questionable, this work is an informed critical look at US conventional education and "rehabilitative incarceration." Hilarious and horrific. Be prepared for uncensored student language and some raw drama."--Taken from publisher website.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: 1. Recollections; title: 2. The first day teaching; title: 3. Next day teaching; title: 4. Highlights from the early days; title: 5. The oasis; title: 6. The glass menagerie; title: 7. A political divide; title: 8. Interview games; title: 9. A teaching moment; title: 10. When a fedora is not enough; title: 11. The theory of un-teaching; title: 12. Teacher journal/aerodynamic math. Lesson 1 : introduction to aerodynamics; title: 13. Shawn; title: 14. Alternative assessment; title: 15. Crazy like a fox; title: 16. Chess; title: 17. Teacher journal/aerodynamic math. Lesson 2 : the forces of flight; title: 18. The finer points of pacifism; title: 19. A typical day; title: 20. Pets; title: 21. Tommy; title: 22. Teacher journal/aerodynamic math. Lesson 3 : the gravity of weight; title: 23. Back at regular school; title: 24. The closet counselor; title: 25. The accidental tutor; title: 26. Dolphins, bugglerers & finger-biters; title: 27. Teacher journal/aerodynamic math. Lesson 4 : need a lift?. Lesson 5 : don't drag me down; title: 28. Getting wasted; title: 29. The box; title: 30. Jailhouse romance; title: 31. Teacher journal/aerodynamic math. Lesson 6: the thrust of it all. Lesson 7 : parts is parts; title: 32. Comparing notes; title: 33. Barn cats; title: 34. Sibling solidarity; title: 35. First heal thyself; title: 36. Teacher journal/aerodynamic math. Lesson 8 : getting it Wright. Lesson 9 : exam; title: 37. Escape; title: 38. Leaving the nest; title: 39. Burnout; title: 40. Two years to life; title: 41. Launch day; title: 42. Graduates; title: 43. Knowing; title: Epilogue.