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Original Title:	My Posse Don't Do Homework
ISBN:	0312956207 (ISBN13: 9780312956202)
Edition Language:	English

Dangerous Minds

LouAnne Johnson

Paperback | Pages: 278 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 1000 Users | 72 Reviews

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Title	:	Dangerous Minds
Author	:	LouAnne Johnson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 278 pages
Published	:	August 15th 1995 by St. Martin's Paperbacks (first published 1992)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Education. Autobiography. Memoir. Teaching. Biography. Biography Memoir. Academic. School

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She bullied, bluffed, and bribed her students into caring about school.

And if that didn't work, the pretty, petite ex-marine told them she'd been trained to kill with her bare hands.

They were called the class from Hell-thirty-four inner city sophomores she inherited from a teacher who'd been "pushed over the edge." She was told "those kids have tasted blood. They're dangerous."

But LouAnne Johnson had a different idea. Where the school system saw thirty-four unreachable kids, she saw young men and women with intelligence and dreams. When others gave up on them, she broke the rules to give them the best things a teacher can give-hope and belief in themselves. When statistics showed the chances were they'd never graduate, she fought to beat the odds.

This is her remarkable story-and theirs.

If you loved Stand and Deliver, you'll stand up and cheer for LouAnne Johnson and Dangerous Minds.

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*This'll be for both this book and the next one (The Girls In The Back of the Classroom)I decided to check out the books My Posse Dont Do Homework and The Girls in the Back of the Classroom by Louanne Johnson after having seen the movie Dangerous Minds. Those are the books its loosely based off of.These books are very raw. Theyre nonfiction (where as the movie is fiction), written by Louanne Johnson herself, a school teacher in California. She's pretty admirable, because I know I could never

I definitely enjoyed this book, but as I read I kept thinking "teachers can't do that now." Giving kids a ride home - definitely a no-no these days. Also interesting was the fact that she started off just teaching one class, later two, at most four. No mention of boyfriend or husband or friends outside of school - she was committed to those kids - reminds me of the old days when women were not allowed to teach after they got married. Still I enjoyed reading it.

I actually liked this book and didn't find myself feeling aggravated and on the defense. Would I push as far as Johnson did to reach certain students? In this delicately balanced world of this pc and by the book culture I wouldn't feel safe. But I certainly agree with her beliefs about student potential and ability and I definitely appreciated her ability to tell the story in an engaging manner that kept me flipping pages.

This is one of those books that's just enjoyable to read. Every chapter is a different story, so you don't have to stress about an overall plot. The characters reoccur sometimes, but it doesn't matter if you've forgotten them. The writing is super readable, but there are still some quotable lines. The book just makes you happy. Some really upsetting things happen, but Johnson is always sure to follow them up with a heart-warming story of something turning out perfectly. It makes you feel like

I decided to read this book after hearing an interview with Johnson on NPRs This American Life. Johnson said her teaching experience wasnt much like Michelle Pfeiffers teaching experience in Dangerous Minds, the movie inspired by Johnsons book. She also said she returned, uncashed, the royalty check from the Dangerous Minds television show, a weekly drama inspired by the movie. Johnson didnt want anything to do with it. And no wonder: The book is unlike the movie and the television show. In the

Once I got into the book, I kept going and going. The shorter vignette style allowed for this, but I also wanted to see what she would do in her classroom next. I liked that she was unafraid to put her bad days/experiences as well as all of the good ones. Interested in seeing some of her work specifically for education, NOT interested in seeing the movie, as apparently it is different in too many ways from the book. (which doesn't usu. interest me in a movie)

Ms. Johnson took a chance by becoming a teacher at a run down, inner city school in west Los Angeles. Almost all of her students were troubled and underpriveleged. "You're about to step into a room full of hormone-crazed teenagers and ask them to commit unnatural acts like sit down, shut up, and listen to someone too old to be taken seriously."Throughout the course of the year, she began to change the way these students viewed school, and showed them the importance school will have on their