Some Kids I Taught & What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy
A teacher-poet reflects on years in British classrooms, sharing vivid portraits of students from many cultures and circumstances whose resilience, humor, and creativity challenge her assumptions and reshape her practice. Through candid, often funny and moving anecdotes—especially about poetry workshops—she explores inequality, immigration, trauma, and the pressures of education policy, arguing for the transformative power of attentive listening, humane discipline, and imaginative language. The result is a compassionate, sharply observed meditation on how young people change their teachers as much as the reverse.
- Published
- 2019
- Nationality
- British
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- Pages
- 304-336
- Original Language
- English
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