by E.R. Braithwaite
got a guilt feeling that maybe I didn't respect and respond to my teachers. this book traverses the troubles that a teacher undergoes to maintain his class's discipline and his own dignity. I'm going to show at least a bit more respect from now on after reading this. thank you braithwaite.
bookshelves: summer-2010, britain-england, published-1959, biography, racism, play-dramatisation Recommended for: BBC7 listeners Read from July 15 to 16, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Black ex-RAF pilot Ricardo Braithwaite gets a teaching job in a tough school in 1950s East London. Stars Kwame Kwei A...
My favorite book! I first read it when I was 11 years old, having found the book in a pile of old books my grandmother was going to burn in the trash barrel. Lucky escape for both me and the book. I'm positive that this book is the reason I never learned to be prejudiced. The frankness in the conver...
Black ex-RAF pilot Ricardo Braithwaite gets a teaching job in a tough school in 1950s East London. Stars Kwame Kwei Armah.Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 10:00am Thursday 15th July 2010Duration:60 minutesAvailable until:11:02am Thursday 22nd July 2010Category:DramaI have read this 'back then' - I'm even s...
I must have been around eleven or twelve years old when I watched To Sir With Love (1967). It was a movie that moved me a great deal, not to mention Sidney Poitier's excellent acting! I never got to see it again after that first time, and was quite excited to come across only last week at a local bo...
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