Dangerous Minds: A Funny & Inspiring Story of Teaching

Dangerous Minds: A Funny & Inspiring Story of Teaching by Johnson, LouAnne. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781250009517.

She bullied, bluffed, and bribed her students into caring about school. And if that didnt work, the pretty, petite ex-marine told them shed 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 whod been "pushed over the edge." She was told "those kids have tasted blood. Theyre 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 theyd never graduate, she fought to beat the odds. This is her remarkable story-and theirs. If you loved Stand and Deliver, youll stand up and cheer for LouAnne Johnson and Dangerous Minds.