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Tracy Kidder's "Among Schoolchildren"


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Tracy Kidder's "Among Schoolchildren"
This paper is a critical review of Tracy Kidder's "Among Schoolchildren", an account of one year in the working life of an elementary school teacher.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) | 1 source | 1990 United States


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" "Among Schoolchildren" is, in essence, an account of one year in the working life of an elementary-school teacher, "Christine Zajac," in the somewhat decayed industrial town of Holyoke, Massachusetts. In this work, Tracy Kidder, best known for his account of computers, The Soul of a New Machine, has presented what amounts to a "nonfiction novel" about Chris Zajac. As a vivid account of teaching a culturally-mixed (mainly "white" and Puerto Rican) class of fifth-graders in conditions that are more nearly inner-city than suburban, Among Schoolchildren is a lively account of the experience of teaching--or at least, of Mrs. Zajac's experience of teaching, as presumably witnessed by Kidder himself.
Well-written by an author with a background in both journalism and sociology, Among Schoolchildren could be heartily ... "

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Tracy Kidder's "Among Schoolchildren" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Tracy-Kidder's-Among-Schoolchildren/18333

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"Tracy Kidder's "Among Schoolchildren"" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Tracy-Kidder's-Among-Schoolchildren/18333>




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