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The Fire Within
by Joe David
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Hard-hitting
Robert Kendall
Hispanic Times
Insightful
William P. Schaefer
American University
Stark, chilling portrait of contemporary public education
Richard A. Cooper
New York Tribune
Violence-ridden Church Junior High School is the setting for a hard look into the world of "education," a world filled with hatred and deception, boredom and indoctrination, generously financed by government decree.
The central character is Anne Harte, an idealist who tries to teach by igniting the fire within for knowledge. Unlike teachers who indoctrinate, Anne attempts to teach her students to think. Her commitment to reason, however, places her in direct conflict with the system and those who control it, especially Loretta Daniels, her principal who believes that children learn by “satisfying their needs, instincts and impulses by action.”
What results is a fast-paced look at "education" with Loretta and Anne fighting for the survival of their diametrically opposed philosophy. Caught up in the battles are the other teachers and the real victims—the students!
List price: $19.95 (quality softback), 222 pages. ISBN: 0-939360-04-7
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