LEADER 02188oam 2200553 a 450 001 9910456932903321 005 20210107185638.0 010 $a0-8232-4081-9 010 $a1-283-29710-8 010 $a9786613297105 010 $a0-8232-3418-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000037453 035 $a(MH)012790553-7 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035315 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239569 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000037453 100 $a20101214d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aAs bad as they say? $ethree decades of teaching in the Bronx /$fJanet Grossbach Mayer$b[electronic resource] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cFordham University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 166 p. )$cill. ; 311 $a0-8232-3416-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aRundown, 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. 606 $aHigh school teachers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aEnglish teachers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTeaching$zNew York (State)$zNew York 607 $aBronx (New York, N.Y.) 608 $aElectronic books 615 0$aHigh school teachers 615 0$aEnglish teachers 615 0$aTeaching 676 $a373.110092 676 $aB 700 $aMayer$b Janet Grossbach$0869233 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bON8 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bCDX 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456932903321 996 $aAs bad as they say$91940661 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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