Dangerous Minds

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Summary: Tito's review
Review: I think this book was great. It keeps you reading it. Some how you feel like the book wont let you put it down. Some times I get lost in the book, for example my teacher has seen me reading and she has heard me laugh out loud. She loves it when her students get lost in a book like that. She really wants to be a math teacher but by her teaching english she has helped me learn how to enjoy and understand books like this one. I think every one should read this book.

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Summary: Dangerous Minds
Review: I think this book was kinda broing and needs more detail. I thought it had no significant point, and i didnt care for the ending.

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Summary: I strongly recommend this book.
Review: I would stronly recommend this book to any mature teenagers and adults. It is a very well written book with good accounts of the events written in it. I believe people will better understand children if they read this book. I know I understand so much more why teenagers are the way they are.

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Summary: One "Dangerous" Book
Review: Imagine you are the new teacher, in high school, in New York, in a class full of students who hate you. You struggle through each day striving to make these students learn. You also have to go through gang fights, racial slurs, and troublemakers, all while trying to make these kids pass High School. You may think you've seen something like this before and you have, you probably watched the movie "Dangerous Minds". If you have not watched the movie, I suggest you read the book first to compare which one you will enjoy more. As for me, I thought the book was good, but of course, who doesn't like watching movies? Also I recommend that the age groups that do read this are that of High School and above so that they can actually relate to this book. Such as me, I thought even though I don't go to the schools in New York, I feel I can relate to the students in this book and so can you. Overall, this book will either give you a strong message if you can relate to it, or a new look on teenagers if you cannot relate to it... and that's Da Majishan's word.

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Summary: One "Dangerous" Book
Review: Imagine you are the new teacher, in high school, in New York, in a class full of students who hate you. You struggle through each day striving to make these students learn. You also have to go through gang fights, racial slurs, and troublemakers, all while trying to make these kids pass High School. You may think you've seen something like this before and you have, you probably watched the movie "Dangerous Minds". If you have not watched the movie, I suggest you read the book first to compare which one you will enjoy more. As for me, I thought the book was good, but of course, who doesn't like watching movies? Also I recommend that the age groups that do read this are that of High School and above so that they can actually relate to this book. Such as me, I thought even though I don't go to the schools in New York, I feel I can relate to the students in this book and so can you. Overall, this book will either give you a strong message if you can relate to it, or a new look on teenagers if you cannot relate to it... and that's Da Majishan's word.

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Summary: "Dangerous Minds"(LouAnne Johnson)
Review: It is a story about students from a school in the US. The majority of them is really dangerous. A lot of teachers try to work with them, but nobody has success, until LouAnne Johnson comes. She is able to motivate them to learn, because she has the dream to help the children to make something out of their lives. She knows that they can manage school and life, because in her eyes every single student is something special. LouAnne Johnson should be an example for other teachers, because with her ideas lots of problems would not exist. I enjoyed reading the novel, because I learnt lots of new methods in solving a problem. It is also interesting to read, because it shows how different the situations in American schools are from situations in Austrian schools.

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Summary: At last a book about genuineness and the power of Love
Review: LouAnne Johnson's style and presentation draw you into her world, but it's not just her experiences you'll share, but those of each student as well. LouAnne's description of the classroom atmosphere and individual lives of students make this more than just a story of HER teaching years. This is real life, baby, and you'll get a healthy taste of the educational system that is still clunking along today. LouAnne is the genuine article, the real McCoy and the students sense her deep-level caring. Fortunately, by reading the book, you can glean a similar sense of the Love, openness, attention, and hope that LouAnne shared with these students. No wonder they were all considered "dangerous minds."

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Summary: This was just the beginning
Review: November 24, 1999

To whom it may concern:

I was one of the students in the classroom. I played Deanna. She was the student who was loud and obnoxiuos. She told Michelle Phieffer to come and live in her neighborhood for one week.

I found that working for the production company at Disney was exciting. I enjoyed all the attention a young person who is also an actor recieves on set!

Your head can become quite a bit swollen. The luxury of being a teen with a big cash flow working on a major film set gave me the opportunity to see this was a life-style I could easily get use to quickly.

I appreciated the opportunity to develop a character for the film where I was allowed to research for two weeks on set. This is a rare treasure as an actor,but due to the fact that I didn't know the California "lingo" I had to speak to the local people.

The information I gathered in regards to my character was very heavy information. Some of the lives of a California "black" girl can be kind of ruff. I tried to represent her pain and the loss of drive in seeing happiness at the end of a high school diploma that wasn't going to effect anything in her neighborhood or lifestyle.

After completing the film and coming back to New York, I found myself searching for what was my drive for succeeding in life. I really hadn't taken the opportunity to invest in a set plan, but things have changed.

I'm attending New York University now and I'm studying writing and art is my minor. I had a fabulous internship during the Summer where I got to write my first adolescent play.

The last thing that has happened is just as classes began this Fall of 1999 I booked a gig to play Mary J. Blige's friend in the movie, "Prison Song".

I'm greatful to God for all my wonderful endeavors and challenges that have happened to me, and I look forward to much more to come!

I'm at school right now working on a comedy skit that I'm submitting to Nickelodeon for a possible intership this Summer. "WISH ME LUCK!"

I came across your web-site as I was trying to do some research on my last name, Jerido. I'm trying to find out where my last name originates from. This is what I do when I take a break from writing I research to find out more things going on around the world.

I had fun writing this and I hope that you will up-date my credits on your web'site for me. I got such a kick of finding my name included on a web-site.

This was a great Thanksgiving prelude for me. My last name is credited as the first Jerido and only so far to star in a movie. Not just one, but now three!

P.S. HAPPY GOBBLE GOBBLE ;) write me back if you would like.

Peace to who reads this and have a great Millenium ball

Sincerely,

Ebony Sunshine Jerido EMAIL ADDRESS: [e-mail]

Rating:
Summary: This was just the beginning
Review: November 24, 1999

To whom it may concern:

I was one of the students in the classroom. I played Deanna. She was the student who was loud and obnoxiuos. She told Michelle Phieffer to come and live in her neighborhood for one week.

I found that working for the production company at Disney was exciting. I enjoyed all the attention a young person who is also an actor recieves on set!

Your head can become quite a bit swollen. The luxury of being a teen with a big cash flow working on a major film set gave me the opportunity to see this was a life-style I could easily get use to quickly.

I appreciated the opportunity to develop a character for the film where I was allowed to research for two weeks on set. This is a rare treasure as an actor,but due to the fact that I didn't know the California "lingo" I had to speak to the local people.

The information I gathered in regards to my character was very heavy information. Some of the lives of a California "black" girl can be kind of ruff. I tried to represent her pain and the loss of drive in seeing happiness at the end of a high school diploma that wasn't going to effect anything in her neighborhood or lifestyle.

After completing the film and coming back to New York, I found myself searching for what was my drive for succeeding in life. I really hadn't taken the opportunity to invest in a set plan, but things have changed.

I'm attending New York University now and I'm studying writing and art is my minor. I had a fabulous internship during the Summer where I got to write my first adolescent play.

The last thing that has happened is just as classes began this Fall of 1999 I booked a gig to play Mary J. Blige's friend in the movie, "Prison Song".

I'm greatful to God for all my wonderful endeavors and challenges that have happened to me, and I look forward to much more to come!

I'm at school right now working on a comedy skit that I'm submitting to Nickelodeon for a possible intership this Summer. "WISH ME LUCK!"

I came across your web-site as I was trying to do some research on my last name, Jerido. I'm trying to find out where my last name originates from. This is what I do when I take a break from writing I research to find out more things going on around the world.

I had fun writing this and I hope that you will up-date my credits on your web'site for me. I got such a kick of finding my name included on a web-site.

This was a great Thanksgiving prelude for me. My last name is credited as the first Jerido and only so far to star in a movie. Not just one, but now three!

P.S. HAPPY GOBBLE GOBBLE ;) write me back if you would like.

Peace to who reads this and have a great Millenium ball

Sincerely,

Ebony Sunshine Jerido EMAIL ADDRESS: [e-mail]

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Summary: A teacher gives her students an optimistic view on future
Review: The book "Dangerous minds" by LouAnne Johnson describes the situation of a female teacher who loves her job. She tries to give her students important properties such as knowledge and courage of forming their own independent opinion. She always tries to motivate her students although they first aren't fascinated of putting much effort in learning and working hard just for passing school. But in her friendly honest way she never gives up until they realise that you can improve your situation by learning and working hard. They also understand that they aren't learning for school but for their own life. Miss Johnson reaches her goal because she takes every single student just as he is - without any prejudices. Just a friendly word or a single smile can give her students the feeling of being somebody who it is worth working for. Trough her abnormal teaching methods and her perseverance but mostly through her simple and friendly way she interacts with everyone her students gain confidence for a better future. The book shows in an interesting way how a single but highly motivated person can help others although their situation isn't very good. She describes single situations and because there is no chronological order in the book it is often very disturbing. Somehow the book is also too long because she always speaks of the same items -how she helps her students.