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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year -- Esmé Raji

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The uncensored diary of Esmé Raji's first year teaching in a Chicago public school. She opens a window into the closed world of a real-life classroom. Refusing to let anything get in the way of delivering the education her fifth-graders deserve, this dedicated teacher finds herself battling bureaucrats, gang members, inflexible administrators, angry children, and her own insecurities.

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