Holler if You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students
by Gregory Michie
Finished another of the January mid-year RA favorite books.
This one is Holler if You Hear Me: The Education
of a Teacher and His Students by Gregory Michie. The book is a true-life account of Michie’s
experience as an inner-city Chicago teacher during the late 1990s. The stories track some of the relationships
he had with the students, including those he stayed in touch with years
later. Michie grew up in North Carolina
and then he went to UNC to begin a life as a film-producer. Things changed when he moved to Chicago. His profiles are real and capture poverty,
lack of role models, homelessness, gangs, drugs and how some students escaped
while others couldn’t get out of the way of the landmines facing them. Michie becomes a “beloved” teacher while learning
lessons all along the way. It is a
rather quick read but has some important lessons and does a good job of capturing
a moment in time in our country’s history.
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