EDUCATING ESME: DIARY OF A TEACHER’S FIRST YEAR
Book ID/图书代码： 14560006B06082
English Summary/英文概要： Esmé Raji Codell has come to teach - and she’s not going to let incompetent administrators, abusive parents, gang members, weary teachers, dim-witted principals, angry children, or her own insecurities get in the way. Esmé is fresh mouthed yet compassionate; she can be both pigheaded and generous, cynical and charming. In this diary, a record of her frustrations, her achievements, and her struggles to maintain her individuality in the face of bureaucracy, she reveals what it takes to be a genuine teacher.
Esmé wears costumes in the classroom, dances with the kids during rallies in the auditorium, puts on rousing performances with at-risk kids in the library. Her fifth-graders don’t use the reading textbook: "What for? Grown-ups don’t read textbooks, unless they’re forced." Math is called Puzzling; "I figured kids at this age come to me with preconceived notions of what they are good at. This way a kid who thinks she’s no good in math might turn out to be good at Puzzling." Disciplinary action includes having the "bad boy" of the class be the teacher for a day while Esmé misbehaves just as he would. She is twenty-four-year-old woman with the enthusiasm of an elementary school student and the determination of a dedicated teacher.
Must reading for every teacher, Educating Esmé is not just for educators. This is a story about frustrations in any workplace, about refusing to conform, about taking a stand against mediocrity. By the sheer force of her personality, Esmé gives us an exhilarating field trip through a Chicago public school.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 愛說話及喜愛穿迷你裙的Esme要去教書了，她是一個會在課堂上聽到音樂忍不住會跳恰恰、會穿溜冰鞋到學校及和學生在圖書館做一些另類課程的老師。本書便是記錄Esme在芝加哥小學任教的第一年點點滴滴，她用本書打開一窗進入真實的人生課程，其中有官僚的競爭、辱罵的家長及自身的不安，不過也是送給學生一生最好的禮物。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Esmé Raji Codell is a teacher and children’s literature specialist at an elementary school in Chicago. Her public radio feature based on this diary was awarded First Prize for National Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association. She is also the recipient of the Dr. Peggy Williams Award for outstanding new teacher in the field of reading and language arts, given by the Chicago chapter of the International Reading Association. Esmé lives in Chicago with her husband and son.
Esmé Raji Codell為芝加哥當地的小學老師，也是兒童文學的專家。她為《新老師的新日記》Educating Esmé書中的內容錄製廣播節目曾獲教育作家協會評選為首獎及2003年美國圖書協會最佳青少年讀物獎。目前經營一個點閱率奇高的兒童網站: www.planetesme.com
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