How Long to Read I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city

How Long Does it Take to Read I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city by Cecil Murphey

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The challenges of working in an urban school are not for every teacher. Some get burnt out fast. Some lose sight of why they started teaching in the first place. Some find their calling in other neighborhoods...with other kids. But not Salome Thomas-El. A Teacher at Roberts Vaux Middle School in Philadelphia's inner city, he chose to stay. Gripping, poignant, and homest, this is his blistering real-life tale of mentoring and making a difference—and how the reformation of America's educational system can start with just one school. Praise for I Choose To Stay "An intensely moving story of loyalty and courage and a deeply pewrsonal tribute to the great potential of our inner-city kids, so frequently dismissed and denigrated by American society. The redemptive power of a teacher's love shines through these pages with prophetic grace. I am grateful to the author for the lesson of essential decency he teaches us" --Jonathan Kozol "This book is about courage. It is a story about determination, about compassion, love and the ultimate fight. This is the fight against the odds, against the 'system' and years of cultural, social and economic factors that would have allowed this group of inner-city kids to become nothing more than a set of statistics. But Salome Thomas-El would not let that happen. He would not give up. He saw the potential in them and he fought for them. he used a board game as a weapon in this figth." --From the forward by Arnold Schwarzenegger "A powerful story about what an inspirational teacher can do to open new horizons for economically disadvantaged young people" --William H. Gray, III, President, United Negro College Fund "This book shows how one dedicated educator who believes in th potential of all our kids can make a huge difference and how, under teh proper circumstances, urban education can work." --Edward G. Rendell, former mayor of Philadelphia, Chairman of the Democratic National Convention "An eloquent example of how commitment and innovation can better the lives of inner-city children." --Kirkus Reviews

How long is I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city?

I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city by Cecil Murphey is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city aloud.

What Reading Level is I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city?

I Choose To Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses To Desert The Inner-city is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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