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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This book is must be read by anyone involved in education, education of all types and of all ages. What I found most satisfying from reading this book, and in a way quite liberating, was the upfront honesty with which Rustamova wrote and uncovered a lot of the dilemmas that a teacher faces. On the one hand trying to fully embrace and utilise the lived lives of students and their own way of seeing the world, whilst having to live up professional standards and respect that certain rules have to be in place. In a way, teachers are in the crossfire of both of these and I enjoyed the way she summarised it, as a lot of the grudges young people (and as I work with marginalised adults, I would include adult grudges in this distinction) have developed are as a result of the fatalistic way adults see and shape the world, making crude distinctions about them and how professional standards are there to protect 'professionals' from the threats these individuals may cause them.
Education is a very passionate and emotional profession and this is a good example of someone who tries to balance the demands of professionalism with building up empathy for her students. Rustamova herself admits she might have been a bit naive at times, however, so were the school management and isn't that what education is all about, learning through experience.
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Education is a very passionate and emotional profession and this is a good example of someone who tries to balance the demands of professionalism with building up empathy for her students. Rustamova herself admits she might have been a bit naive at times, however, so were the school management and isn't that what education is all about, learning through experience.
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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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They silenced her, they destroyed her career, they assassinated her character, isolated her financially, and banned her from communication even with her close friends and family, banishing her into a state comparable to house-arrest. This sounds like the plot of a paranoid American movie, or the machinations of third-world politics, but this was what 'they' at a British Local Education Authority did to a dedicated teacher doing her job well, and for doing something they had supported and endorsed.
Fortunately, parallels with Stalinist Russia break down as they were not able to make Leonora Rustamova disappear, or even to silence her. Now she tells two stories artfully and wittily intertwined in one book; one fiction, the other fact; the original teenage adventure story that led to her sacking, and the true story of how and why "STOP - Don't Read This" was written and of the ensuing chaos.
Both stories revolve around five boys, who had been committed to the "round filing cabinet" of the education system by a framework of regulation that seems designed to rubbish difficult children rather than provide support to them. Both stories result in redemption for the boys - an amazing result for the real-world story. But unfortunately Miss Rusty's own story ends in a change of fortune too, as the weapons of a system that had so nearly claimed the scalps of the boys are turned instead on their teacher and sacrifice her instead.
Taken in isolation, the fictional adventure of the boys is an innovative approach to the problem of engaging troublesome teenagers with their own education. Brilliantly, the book shows them the way forward simply by revealing themselves, and by validating their characters. This book, (as well as being of interest to educational psychologists), will enlighten anyone who wonders why there are apparently so many troublemakers out there, whether on the streets or in high office! For anyone else, it is a stimulating, even amusing read. The writing style is unconventional, engaging, witty and charming. Although the text is often profane and has some adult themes, these are commensurate with the level that pre-school-leavers are accustomed to and comfortable with, and it is easy to see why, for these boys, the book was a triumph in engaging their interest in language, and ultimately in their own education.
Now, despite being left without a job, career or prospects, the author has elected to share her proceeds of this book with the "Commy Boys" to support their future development, and has deliberately chosen to support a small independent publishing company rather than big business. Even now, she chooses to give as much benefit as possible to a society that, as is evident in the book, has handled her very roughly indeed. If you are reading this, and you are concerned with the welfare and freedom of this and future generations of children, and grown-ups; if you remember with fondness the once-great British spirit of fair play and tolerance, buy this book, read its message, pass it on.
Fortunately, parallels with Stalinist Russia break down as they were not able to make Leonora Rustamova disappear, or even to silence her. Now she tells two stories artfully and wittily intertwined in one book; one fiction, the other fact; the original teenage adventure story that led to her sacking, and the true story of how and why "STOP - Don't Read This" was written and of the ensuing chaos.
Both stories revolve around five boys, who had been committed to the "round filing cabinet" of the education system by a framework of regulation that seems designed to rubbish difficult children rather than provide support to them. Both stories result in redemption for the boys - an amazing result for the real-world story. But unfortunately Miss Rusty's own story ends in a change of fortune too, as the weapons of a system that had so nearly claimed the scalps of the boys are turned instead on their teacher and sacrifice her instead.
Taken in isolation, the fictional adventure of the boys is an innovative approach to the problem of engaging troublesome teenagers with their own education. Brilliantly, the book shows them the way forward simply by revealing themselves, and by validating their characters. This book, (as well as being of interest to educational psychologists), will enlighten anyone who wonders why there are apparently so many troublemakers out there, whether on the streets or in high office! For anyone else, it is a stimulating, even amusing read. The writing style is unconventional, engaging, witty and charming. Although the text is often profane and has some adult themes, these are commensurate with the level that pre-school-leavers are accustomed to and comfortable with, and it is easy to see why, for these boys, the book was a triumph in engaging their interest in language, and ultimately in their own education.
Now, despite being left without a job, career or prospects, the author has elected to share her proceeds of this book with the "Commy Boys" to support their future development, and has deliberately chosen to support a small independent publishing company rather than big business. Even now, she chooses to give as much benefit as possible to a society that, as is evident in the book, has handled her very roughly indeed. If you are reading this, and you are concerned with the welfare and freedom of this and future generations of children, and grown-ups; if you remember with fondness the once-great British spirit of fair play and tolerance, buy this book, read its message, pass it on.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Best book I have read in a long time! It is a very clever, well written story as well as a great insight for us teachers in to the mind set of pupils/children.
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Leonora Rustamova ( 'Miss Rusty' ) is the teacher who was sacked for writing a controversial story featuring disaffected and disengaged boys from her class. This is THE book! Read more
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What started off as an incredibly effective way to engage a group of boys that had no interest in schooling, went so wrong that the teacher has now been removed from her teaching... Read more
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