Synopsis
Marvin Hoffman teaches at Rice University and Jones High School in Houston, where he co-founded Houston Writers-in-the-Schools, and he is also works with the University of Chicago's Center for School Improvement. This book chronicles Mr. Hoffman's decades-long commitment to teaching, from his days during the Mississippi Freedom Summer to his recent experiences teaching English in an inner-city high school.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-11-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 260 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
An inspirational and instructive chronicle of inner-city high-school kids discovering the joys of literature and of learning.
Many books showcase the triumphs of "hero teachers", who swoop into a classroom full of misfits, transforming them into Shakespearean scholars or algebra geniuses. But for most working teachers, the day-to-day struggles are more subtle and come from the students themselves as they discover the pleasures of learning. Chasing Hellhounds is the story of nationally regarded educator Marvin Hoffman's experience teaching at Jones High, an inner-city school in Houston. Through his tales of teaching literature to a wide variety of students, he gives us an intimate, sympathetic look at what it's like to he both a giver and a recipient of an education today. Hoffman draws vivid portraits of ten of his students: a girl, living in a Greyhound bus station with her family, who wins a scholarship; a hulking student named Seth, whose explosive temper masks a sensitive and gifted writer; and others who overcome adversity through their own determination and talent. He also chronicles his evolution as a teacher, from the schools of the Mississippi Freedom Summer to his assignment at Jones.
Industry Reviews
"...a teacher's 'Pilgrim's Progress'....an intellectual, moral and psychological companion for teachers who hunger for the kind of thoughtfulness and candor, the largeness of heart that comes across in these pages."
Press Materials - Robert Coles
"Hoffman has no use for educational cant, so he is a good guide through the moral battlefield of this crucial arena of public life called education."
Hicks
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