The Teacher Who Couldn't Read: The True Story of a High School Instructor Who Triumphed over His Illiteracy

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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: 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.