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Book ReviewsTo Sir, With Love (Center Point Premier) |
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Book: To Sir, With Love (Center Point Premier)
Written by: E. R. Braithwaite |
Publisher: Center Point Publishing
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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A Classic About Both Education & Life
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5 / 5
A very enjoyable book. Braithwaite tells an inspirational story about both teaching kids but also overcoming prejudice as a black man in post WWII England. I'm a new teacher and hope to develop the type of relationship he had with his students with mine some day.
Good
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5 / 5
During my school days, we had an extract from this book as one of the lessons in our English subject. The lesson was named "In the Grip of Prejudice". After reading the lesson, I just wanted to read the whole book. ER Braithwaite has handled a touchy subject aesthetically.
Highly recommended! :-)
Inspiring stuff
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4 / 5
I remember having read an extract of "To Sir with Love" during my school days and have been wanting to read it ever since. Unfortunately I never got around to doing so for quite a while. Recently while browsing in a bookshop, my eyes fell on the book and I decided to pick it up.
The book is an extremely inspiring autobiography which chronicles the life of a 'coloured' teacher in a particularly rowdy neighbourhood of London.
Written in an extremely touching, charming (and ocassionally witty) style, the author talks about how he has to deal with racial sterotypes. It is uphill all the way for the Braithwaite as he counters the cynicism of his impressionable students and ocassionally of his colleagues. Slowly, he wins over the minds (and in the case of Pamela Dare, hearts) of his students as he tries to wipe clean their minds of prejudices (racial or otherwise).
The book was also filmed starring the ever-charming Sidney Poitier in the lead role. See the movie after reading the book.
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