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Review: "For anyone who cares about how we educate America's young people, Holler If You Hear Me is required reading." -Edward James Olmos, actor/activist"It is a great and marvelous thing to be reminded that to change the world we need only to change ourselves. Greg Michie and his students give me that hope." -Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street "In Holler If You Hear Me, Greg Michie helps us see solutions. This is the book for all teachers who believe in their students and in themselves." -Gloria Ladson-Billings, author of The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children "Kids' voices almost never get heard, and never this respectfully or at such length. These voices are real and touching and surprising and honest and fascinating. Greg Michie has done something wonderful by seeking them out and giving them space." -Penny Lundquist, Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching "Gregory Michie is a teacher of great courage and insight.... This memoir serves as a model of how to engage students and their creativity, as well as a critique of the growing dismissal of those whom society finds 'troublesome.' Michie has much to teach-to his students as well as to the rest of us." -Luis J. Rodriguez, author of Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Weaving back and forth between Gregory Michie's awakening as a teacher and the first-person stories of his students, Holler If You Hear Me creates an intimate and com-pas-sionate portrayal of what it means to be a teacher and a student in urban America. Michie's account of learning to teach in a big and often unwieldy public school system deals honestly with the critical moral issues all teachers must face. While not shying away from hard truths, he lends a measure of hope, humor, and practical insight about the difficult work of teaching for social justice. In addition, Michie brings us the stories of his stu-dents both in his words and theirs, giving voice to Latino and African-American youth who often go unheard. The resulting tales of struggle and triumph, while clearly indispensable to educators, will be inspiring reading for most anyone.
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Summary: Very Inspirational!
Review: ... I read Gregory Michie's Holler if You Hear Me for a class; it was a great book! Michie tells about time when would have just given up, but instead of giving up, he sticks with it untill he finds a solution. He tells of how in doing this, he made an impact on his students. The most amazing thing, was that he wasn't just finished teaching his students at the end of the year. He kept in touch with some, even when it wasn't as simple as looking into the phone book. This book is very inspiring, and a book anyone planning to teach or teaching now should read. Michie truely cared for his students and is able to inspire others who do as well.
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Summary: This book is perfect for those who wish to educate.
Review: As a prospective teacher, I found Holler If You Hear Me to be extraordinary. Rather than recognizing his achievements, Michie is not afraid to admit his struggles in the classroom. He emphasizes the fact that teaching is not as easy as it seems. Through his stories, Michie helped me realize that even through hard work, teachers don't always turn out as heroes; an illusion difficult to imagine for someone like myself. This book is perfect for anyone who is inquisitive about the teaching and learning of different cultures.
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Summary: Teachers, Read This Book!
Review: As a struggling first year teacher Michie's book proved to be a breath of fresh air. I can't really say I learned any theory or got any teaching ideas from it, but I learned a more important lesson: even great teachers struggle. As all the other reviews ave said Michie does not merely show us his successes, more often than not we see him fail, but everytime he fails we see him learn something. This is the art of reflective teaching. Michie helps remind us that the best way to improve your teaching is to reflect on it, to understand your failures and attempt to implement successes. I wish I had read this book in college, although I don't know if I would have appreciated it as much unless I had experienced the kind of failure Michie discusses and the kind of reflection. Along with Michie's ideas we also see narratives by the children he teaches, which reminds us that we often don't listen to the kids we teach like we should. Michie shows us they often have a lot to say and can be our greatest teachers about teaching. Michie's style is also very approachable and easy going, I couldn't put the book down and ended up nearly finishing it the day I bought it. Try it you'll like it.
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Review: As I read this book I can't help but think that Gregory Michie believes to be the "Great White Hope" for minorities. He lacks insight and knowledge of the inner cities. he has chosen to only see one side of the coin. He is typical of all those that want to excuse us minorities for doing poor in school and society. For becoming gang bangers and killing our own kind. Let's blame the system, the government because in doing so we set ourselves for failure, for how can we change something as the "system" and "the government" if it is out of our reach, according to this book and the author. As I read this book I see the lack of character and will of this so called good teacher.
I have had the unique experience of working with Chicago inner city kids too, but not in the classroom, but in a one to one basis for over 17 years and the conclusions reached by Gregory Michie are as erronous as the title of his book. You don't need to Hollar to be Heard. Kids today, especially inner city kids don't need more excuses for why they do bad in the classroom and in society. They need to be taught that every action leads to another action and at the end we have to take responsibilities for our own actions, no matter the system or government we are under.
Also I put into question the credebility of this author. There are many instances were he contradicts himself, for example, when he first writes how the Mexican kids in class cursed in Spanish, yet, he knew no Spanish, but he supposedly remembers vividly the words said by the students in Spanish. Also, at the beggining of the book with his whole mock trial of the students putting the food question in trial. Unless this kids spent countless hours learning court rules and court procedures, there is no way that things went as this author states.
Thus, I believe the book lacks credibility and that the book is just one more excuse for us minorities to do bad and for this self appointed "Great White Hope" to come in and supposedly fix things by blaming the system and government that supposeldy is out of reach of these "poor and innoncent" gang bangers.
i don't recomend this book, only if you want to have a good laugh at fiction and see the lack of character and weakness of a teacher. Who ever heard of a male teacher wanting to cry infront of a classroom, only in this book.
good material for a night around a camp fire and when the leaves are all used up, might as well put in this garbage in and used it to feed the fire, because that is all it does, feed the fire of minority insecurity and try to fire up the idea that minorites, without help from the government and the system that is against them, will ever make it. When in fact I know that minorites can make it and are not stupid or the poor people that Gregory Michie makes them out to be in his...book.
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Review: As I read this book I can't help but think that Gregory Michie believes to be the "Great White Hope" for minorities. He lacks insight and knowledge of the inner cities. he has chosen to only see one side of the coin. He is typical of all those that want to excuse us minorities for doing poor in school and society. For becoming gang bangers and killing our own kind. Let's blame the system, the government because in doing so we set ourselves for failure, for how can we change something as the "system" and "the government" if it is out of our reach, according to this book and the author. As I read this book I see the lack of character and will of this so called good teacher.
I have had the unique experience of working with Chicago inner city kids too, but not in the classroom, but in a one to one basis for over 17 years and the conclusions reached by Gregory Michie are as erronous as the title of his book. You don't need to Hollar to be Heard. Kids today, especially inner city kids don't need more excuses for why they do bad in the classroom and in society. They need to be taught that every action leads to another action and at the end we have to take responsibilities for our own actions, no matter the system or government we are under.
Also I put into question the credebility of this author. There are many instances were he contradicts himself, for example, when he first writes how the Mexican kids in class cursed in Spanish, yet, he knew no Spanish, but he supposedly remembers vividly the words said by the students in Spanish. Also, at the beggining of the book with his whole mock trial of the students putting the food question in trial. Unless this kids spent countless hours learning court rules and court procedures, there is no way that things went as this author states.
Thus, I believe the book lacks credibility and that the book is just one more excuse for us minorities to do bad and for this self appointed "Great White Hope" to come in and supposedly fix things by blaming the system and government that supposeldy is out of reach of these "poor and innoncent" gang bangers.
i don't recomend this book, only if you want to have a good laugh at fiction and see the lack of character and weakness of a teacher. Who ever heard of a male teacher wanting to cry infront of a classroom, only in this book.
good material for a night around a camp fire and when the leaves are all used up, might as well put in this garbage in and used it to feed the fire, because that is all it does, feed the fire of minority insecurity and try to fire up the idea that minorites, without help from the government and the system that is against them, will ever make it. When in fact I know that minorites can make it and are not stupid or the poor people that Gregory Michie makes them out to be in his...book.
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Summary: Michie Scores Big
Review: Greg Michie has written a very informative book on the education of a teacher. This non-fiction work reads like a novel. Michie is not afraid to admit his mistakes and through his expieriances in the Chicago Public School System the reader is taken on a journey that just may change his or her views of the education process. We are introduced to a variety of students from the bookworm to the one who seems to not give a damn and Michie succeeds in pulling back the veil of the stereotypes to show us exactly what some of their problems really are. I highly reccomend this book and I think it would be a great book to read as an in-class assignment for 9th to 12th graders. Mark Cooley Education Major Macon State College
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Summary: A True Gem
Review: Having read countless accounts of "heroic" teachers who selflessly devote their every breath and hour to "save" the "poor, inner-city" kids from their cultures and themselves, I read Michie's book with a genuine sense of relief. Yes, we get a vivid image of the struggles his kids face but we also get a sense of the valuable lessons he has learned from them. These, as all children, come to the classroom with enormous gifts that can provide a foundation for their learning and success. Michie is obviously aware of this and thus his students love him and neither feel pitied nor demeaned by him. What a marvelous read.
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Summary: College Review
Review: I am a college student majoring in education. I read Holler if you Hear Me and did a group presentation on it. I found the book to be very helpful in understanding different teaching procedures. I also loved the way it stressed teacher/student involvement, which I am a huge believer in. It focused on how teachers should become involved with their students outside of class, as well as inside the class. The stories in the book were based on a very gang prominent area in the South Side area of Chicago. If a teacher is dealing with these types of situations in his/her classroom, they should definately read this book. I really enjoyed the experiences that Mr. Michie shared.
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Summary: A Review of Hollar If You Hear Me
Review: I am a education major at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia. I recently read the book Hollar If You Hear Me by Gregory Michie. I really enjoyed reading this book, it is easy to both read and understand what you are reading. The book is not case studies as most books about education are, it is a teacher telling actual events that take place during his teaching career and ways that may be helpful for other teachers to deal with similar situations.
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