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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.10092
EAN num: 9780312956202
ISBN number: 0312956207
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 278
Printing Date: August 15, 1995
Publishing house: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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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.
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Dangerous Minds by Louanne Johnson is a nonfictional book about troubled students trying to get by in high school and in everyday life. Teachers and other staff members gave up on these troubled students, but there is one teacher who refused to give up on her students,Miss.Johnson. Miss.Johnson did everything in her power to make sure her students stayed out of trouble and in school. I recommend this book to all students to read; it gives an inside look at how one teacher can truly make an impact on students' lives.
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Louanne Johnson was and excellent teacher,one whose attitude you don't see in teachers these days. I like how she showed her concern for her students she wrote about and how she helped them succeed. I didn't like how she jumped around in the story. I didn't know what grade she was teaching. I would recommend this book to teachers who have students like Johnson.
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Dangerous Minds by Louanne Johnson is a real life story about a woman and her experiences teaching in an inner city program for unfortunate kids. I'm not much of a reader, but this story really got me interested. You can tell that this story is for real, by what happens. This story appeals to me because I can relate to it. Many other younger people could relate to this story and that is why I would actually recommend this to any young kid that has a rough time in school. To some extent it has some lessons to it. For example, she teaches her kids to be respectful of themselves. Without a doubt in my mind if any young kids read this they would fully enjoy this heart felt story.
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Dangerous Minds by LouAnne Johnson is a great book! It keeps your attention and makes you want to keep reading. This story is about a teacher who was an ex-marine that is going to teach at a local high school. The students are troubled and don't want to learn. Ms. Johnson is a new teacher who came to their high school; she didn't know their problems and didn't even know that they were in special classes. There was never a teacher who wanted to teach these students. Ms. Johnson tries so many things to get their attention. She teaches them things that they never knew before. She even helps them with their family problems. Ms. Johnson helps them with their lives and gives them strength to brighten their future. She never gives up on her kids. Ms. Johnson teaches them things they never thought they could learn or do. She gives them hope in themselves.
I recommend this book to students as well to teachers. Students should know there are teachers out there who do care about you and will try to help you through things. You're not alone. I think it would also help some teachers to read this book. They would see how Ms. Johnson was towards her students and maybe they could learn something to make themselves become better educators.
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The book Dangerous Minds, by Louanne Johnson is a story of how one teacher, Mrs. Johnson took a chance by becoming a teacher at a run down, inner city school in west Los Angeles. Almost all of her students were troubled and underpriveleged. Throughout the course of the year, she began to change the way these students viewed school, and showed them the importance school will have on their futures. Individually, she connected with each of her students personally, and helped them when troubled, whether in, or out of school. A strong trust between the students and teacher was what made their relationship work well. Each student knew that Mrs. Johnson was there for them, and that she would guide them along where ever they needed help. Mrs. Johnson gave them the confidence and self assurance they needed to succeed. Overall, I give this book 4 stars and encourage anybody to read it.
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