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Summary: Shocking, attention grabber and moral disappointment!
Review: A shocking true story of a man's struggle with illiteracy. An immediate feeling of compassion for the author in the first few chapters of the book. Thereafter a feeling of moral disappointment and cowardness for his continues actions to himself and others.The bibliography is defintley an attention grabber and captures that same attention throughout the book. It is a book that I feel that took the author alot of courage to write about. His life story is displayed publicy for criticism of good and bad nature. Yet, I feel this book was more of a release of consciousness and to show who was to blame for his illiteracy problems. It is a book that can not be encouraging for many people. In the sense that the author seemed to go for help until he hit rock bottom in his life. If he continued on with his life being successful I believe he would have never went in for help for his illiteracy. Although I feel this way about the author's attempt to show the world about his struggles he has built awareness about illiteracy. A problem that is extreme in our country.
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Summary: The story of a man who overcomes his illiteracy.
Review: Although John Corcoran does deserve credit for working towards his goal of becoming literate, it is appalling that he concealed this secret for so many years and no one knew it. Furthermore, the book was not that good of a read. The part about his life was interesting, but towards the end, it just kept repeating over and over again 'don't be illiterate.' Don't rush out to buy this one.
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Summary: pretty decent book
Review: basically, the book is about how John Corcoran got jerked around by everyone : his parents, teachers, everybody....he finds all these people and things to blame, but never blames himself. but there are some good points on illiteracy that he mentions. he talks about things like teaching methods, programs available for the illiterate, and exactly how many illiterates there are in california. i personally liked reading about corcoran's life, but i didn't like all the complaining and blaming he does. and i didn't really like what he had to say on illliteracy because it got kinda boring, and he drifts a lot....the book was alright ....i guess
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Summary: literacy tutors can use this book
Review: Because I currently work as a literacy tutor, I decided to order this book. On my own, I found only parts of the book captured my interest. However, as my students listen to selected passages during each class session, they feel moved to share similar experiences verbally and in writing. Thus, this book has proven a wonderful resource for me; One of my students asked me to order it for her. All of the students feel inspired by John Corcoran's story.
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Summary: literacy tutors can use this book
Review: Because I currently work as a literacy tutor, I decided to order this book. On my own, I found only parts of the book captured my interest. However, as my students listen to selected passages during each class session, they feel moved to share similar experiences verbally and in writing. Thus, this book has proven a wonderful resource for me; One of my students asked me to order it for her. All of the students feel inspired by John Corcoran's story.
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Summary: A good book
Review: In this book, Corcoran brings adult illiteracy to the surface as he tells us of his own illiteracy and the struggles he had to overcome it. In the richest country in the world, it is astonishing the 1/3 of the adult population is functionally illiterate. Corcoran tells a moving story, but he switches his point to many times. He paints himself as a victim and as one who is not to blame for his handicap. Well he does offer some good valid points on correcting the educational system, he is not the one qualified to tell us what is wrong. He taught for almost 20 years, and who knows how many of his students he didn't reach because of his own illiteracy? It is hard for anyone to listen to the message that he is trying to convey.
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Summary: The story of a man who overcomes his illiteracy.
Review: John Corcoran deserves some applause for overcoming his illiteracy and he should be congratulated on giving the public the story of his struggle. The autobiography of a man who came from an hard-working, Catholic family will probably endear him to his readers. Corcoran will definitely make you think about what illiteracy does to someone on a personal level. He gives surprising detail about how torturous it was for him to live a life with this burning secret welling inside of him. It's hard not to pity Corcoran, but also, it's not easy to swallow his whole story. Some may call him a saint, and some may call him a hypocrite. Read his book and decide for yourself.
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Summary: Candid and sometimes inspirational...
Review: John Corcoran deserves some applause for overcoming his illiteracy and he should be congratulated on giving the public the story of his struggle. The autobiography of a man who came from an hard-working, Catholic family will probably endear him to his readers. Corcoran will definitely make you think about what illiteracy does to someone on a personal level. He gives surprising detail about how torturous it was for him to live a life with this burning secret welling inside of him. It's hard not to pity Corcoran, but also, it's not easy to swallow his whole story. Some may call him a saint, and some may call him a hypocrite. Read his book and decide for yourself.
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