It Doesn't Take A Genius Five Truths to Inspire Success in Every Student

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-12-06
Publisher(s): McGraw Hill
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Summary

Two award-winning educators give you strategies to reach out and instill skills for success in your kids or studentsWith multiple teaching awards to their credit, Tommie Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon have taught every type of student--from the underprivileged to the ordinary.It Doesn't Take a Geniusgives you first-hand access to the strategies that have inspired students to succeed, even in impoverished districts.Entertaining and packed with practical advice, this motivating narrative is organized into five principles, each composed of "bite-size" lessons and testimonials from the teachers' greatest success stories.

Author Biography

Tommie Lindsey has worked with students in the California public school system for more than 25 years. Nearly 100 percent of his students go to college from a working class neighborhood where the average is 38 percent.

Randy McCutcheon is an award-winning educator who has taught high school English, Speech, Debate and Journalism. He also trains teachers, administrators and businesspeople and has worked in radio and TV for 10 years.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Dr. John Sexton
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiii
Introduction xvii
The First Truth: Be the First Believer
1(56)
A Nut with a Mission
7(6)
``Reality'' Teaching
13(8)
Practical Matters: A Sit-in with Class
21(2)
Patching Human Souls
23(6)
Wall-Flowering
29(4)
Improbable Dreams
33(6)
Considering the Source
39(8)
Self-Refilling Prophecies
47(6)
Safety First
53(4)
The Second Truth: Class Is Never Dismissed
57(58)
You Can't Always Want What You Get
61(6)
Image Isn't Everything, but It's Something
67(8)
Aiming Above Morality
75(8)
Mother Wit
83(8)
Inalienable Wrongs
91(6)
Some Things Stay the Same
97(6)
Heart Breaks
103(6)
Swallowing Pride
109(6)
The Third Truth: Words Seldom Fail You
115(64)
Word Meetings
119(6)
Practical Matters: Meeting of Minds
125(2)
The ``Bob'' Factor
127(4)
Reading Allowed
131(2)
Practical Matters: Works of Literature Speak
133(4)
Healthy Self-Expression
137(6)
Practical Matters: Mock Encomiums and Other Proposals
143(2)
Glossophobia
145(8)
Ask an Expert
153(5)
Practical Matters: Forrester for the Trees
158(3)
The Art of Persuasion
161(6)
Falling in Love with Books
167(6)
People Feel You
173(6)
The Fourth Truth: Writers Block but Rarely Tackle
179(52)
The Perfect Game
183(6)
Life's Tests Are Not Standardized
189(6)
Work Is Contagious
195(8)
No Buts or Shortcuts
203(4)
Unmaking Mistakes
207(6)
Working Smart
213(6)
Practical Matters: Real Fluency. Real Fast
219(2)
Drawing on the Stories of Your Life
221(8)
Practical Matters: Grandma Knows Best
229(2)
The Fifth Truth: Paying Your Do's
231(48)
Loving
235(8)
Associating
243(6)
Attending
249(6)
Mentoring
255(6)
Following
261(4)
Risking
265(4)
Persisting
269(10)
Final Thoughts 279

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