02156oam 2200541 a 450 991078133810332120230802003735.00-8232-4081-91-283-29710-897866132971050-8232-3418-5(CKB)2550000000037453(MH)012790553-7(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035315(MiAaPQ)EBC3239569(EXLCZ)99255000000003745320101214d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||As bad as they say? three decades of teaching in the Bronx /Janet Grossbach Mayer[electronic resource]1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20111 online resource (xvi, 166 p. )ill. ;0-8232-3416-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Rundown, vermin-infested buildings. rigid, slow-to-react bureaucratic systems. Children from broken homes and declining communities. How can a teacher succeed? How does a student not only survive but also come to thrive? It can happen, and 'As Bad as They Say?' tells the heroic stories of Janet Mayer's students during her 33-year tenure as a Bronx high school teacher.High school teachersUnited StatesBiographyEnglish teachersUnited StatesBiographyTeachingNew York (State)New YorkBronx (New York, N.Y.)High school teachersEnglish teachersTeaching373.110092BMayer Janet Grossbach1488717DLCDLCYDXYDXCPON8BWXCDXBOOK9910781338103321As bad as they say3709048UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress