I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza

The book also makes vivid how a modern high school works, showing Tony in a myriad of roles – from lecturing on To Kill a Mockingbird to “coaching” the football team to organizing a talent show to leading far-flung field trips to hosting teacher gripe sessions.Ī surprisingly poignant account, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but is mostly filled with hard-won wisdom and feel-good tears. I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had reveals just how hard it is to keep today's technologically savvy-and often alienated-students engaged, how committed most teachers are, and the outsized role counseling plays in a teacher's day. In his novel, Id Like To Apologize To Every. They cared nothing about his showbiz credentials, and immediately put him on the hot seat. Danza’s” showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the hot seat.įeaturing indelible portraits of students and teachers alike, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had reveals just how hard it is to keep today’s technologically savvy – and often alienated - students engaged, how impressively committed most teachers are, and the outsized role counseling plays in a teacher’s day, given the psychological burdens many students carry. Free Essay: Television star Tony Danza embarks on a life-changing role as a tenth-grade English teacher.

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I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High - Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3600 students.Įntering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack. Danza began his speech by explaining the motivation behind his teaching stint. Himself a discipline problem in high school, actor Tony Danza discusses his experiences during a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Philadelphias.

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza