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| Title | : | And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students |
| Author | : | Miles Corwin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | March 20th 2001 by Harper Perennial (first published April 26th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Education. Academic. School. Teaching |
Miles Corwin
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.15 | 1070 Users | 116 Reviews
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Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of their exceptional IQs and test scores. Sitting alongside them in classrooms where bullets were known to rip through windows, Corwin chronicled their amazing odyssey as they faced the greatest challenges of their academic lives. And Still We Rise is an unforgettable story of transcending obstacles that would dash the hopes of any but the most exceptional spirits.Identify Books Supposing And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students
| Original Title: | And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students |
| ISBN: | 0380798298 (ISBN13: 9780380798292) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.15 From 1070 Users | 116 ReviewsWrite-Up Epithetical Books And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students
My rating of the book And Still We Rise by Miles Corwin is three and a half stars out of five.This book discusses the struggles of 12 gifted inner-city students at Crenshaw in South-Central La, California. The book is written by a reporter as he follows the students through their senior year of high-school. It discusses the problems they face such as poor communities and racism.A great strength of this book is that it gets down to the students level. You follow the lives of 12 gifted studentsThe overall rating that I am giving for And Still We Rise, by Miles Corwin is 4 out of 5 stars.Miles Corwin, a man interested in the difficulties that kids in the minority face that makes achievement so much harder to reach for them, spends a year with a group of gifted students at Crenshaw High School in southern Los Angeles. He writes about what these kids face that affect whether or not they will be able to escape the fate, that so many other kids from this gang-filled place is full of. What
15 years ago but a fascinating read that probably holds true today.
I wanted to like this book, I really did. The general story itself is worth telling, really, NEEDS to be told. Unfortunately, I didn't think in this particular book it was told very well. I didn't like the writing. I thought the author maybe could have taken a few tips from the English teachers he profiled. I also felt the political overtones in the book really weren't necessary, and that kind of thing tends to put me off. Honestly, the political overtones weren't in-your-face, they were
A new perspective and stories that I have never heard before. It really helped me to understand affirmative action and how it affects various people. Genre: Nonfiction/Autobiography/InformationalGrade Level: 10-12
interesting. Stresses the importance of education
Took me a month but Im glad I read it through! Great book that helps flip perspective and relate to the characters through common literature.
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