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Every educator, every parent should read this book. Claude Steele (who has been writing on this topic for years) finally pulls together all his (and others') research about how we can diminish the 'achievement gap' and improve our educational system overall. This is a paradigm shifting book.
This amazing dual narrative draws you into the world of a young teenager living in abject poverty in Jamaica -- the depth given to his character allows you to better understand the choices he makes when given the opportunity of education (by the other narrator, a middle class middle age browning woman.) I couldn't put it down.
After reading Melissa Fay Greene’s 2002 New York Times article about the AIDS orphan crisis in Africa, I felt compelled to go to Ethiopia, where I volunteered for three months at orphanages, and observed some of the events described in her book.
If you care about what has been described as the worst humanitarian disaster of our generation, be sure you set aside a long spell of time before starting to read There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children. You will not be able to put it down.
Haregewoin Teferra has cared for dozens upon dozens of the millions of children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic in Ethiopia. Melissa Fay Greene brings the reader into Haregewoin's living room as the rain splatters mud on the children playing outside -- and then draws these orphan children into the reader's heart.
The book is both lyrical in its telling of Haregewoin's life, and chilling in its description of the catastrophe of the AIDS orphan crisis; the story of Haregewoin's journey and the children in her care will resonate with anyone who cares about what has been labeled as the largest humanitarian crisis of our generation.
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Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us (Issues of Our Time) by Claude Steele
Rita, December 12, 2010
Every educator, every parent should read this book. Claude Steele (who has been writing on this topic for years) finally pulls together all his (and others') research about how we can diminish the 'achievement gap' and improve our educational system overall. This is a paradigm shifting book.Dog-Heart by Diana Mccaulay
Rita, May 15, 2010
This amazing dual narrative draws you into the world of a young teenager living in abject poverty in Jamaica -- the depth given to his character allows you to better understand the choices he makes when given the opportunity of education (by the other narrator, a middle class middle age browning woman.) I couldn't put it down.The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today by Ted Conover
Rita, February 10, 2010
Ted Conover is a brilliant writer who will take you to places you've never imagined...amazing!(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children by Melissa Fay Greene
Rita, January 1, 2010
After reading Melissa Fay Greene’s 2002 New York Times article about the AIDS orphan crisis in Africa, I felt compelled to go to Ethiopia, where I volunteered for three months at orphanages, and observed some of the events described in her book.If you care about what has been described as the worst humanitarian disaster of our generation, be sure you set aside a long spell of time before starting to read There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children. You will not be able to put it down.
There Is No Me without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children by Melissa Fay Greene
Rita, November 1, 2006
Haregewoin Teferra has cared for dozens upon dozens of the millions of children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic in Ethiopia. Melissa Fay Greene brings the reader into Haregewoin's living room as the rain splatters mud on the children playing outside -- and then draws these orphan children into the reader's heart.The book is both lyrical in its telling of Haregewoin's life, and chilling in its description of the catastrophe of the AIDS orphan crisis; the story of Haregewoin's journey and the children in her care will resonate with anyone who cares about what has been labeled as the largest humanitarian crisis of our generation.
(5 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)
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