- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: River Foyle Press (21 Nov 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0615165443
- ISBN-13: 978-0615165448
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,381,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Angry, frustrated, and certain that nothing around him makes sense - the narrator of this uniquely conceived book forces you to look at the world through his eyes: as a dyslexic student in the earliest days of Special Education, as a self-destructive teenager fighting his way through life, as a New York City cop trying to survive The Bronx streets during the 1980s - as a child, a lover, a parent. --- Ira David Socol's debut novel brings you to the sharpest edges of our society through a sequence of compelling and remarkable stories - stories as fascinating and entertaining as they are painful and disturbing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Amazing journey
26 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
An angry, scared, whip smart young kid with profound dyslexia scuffles to avoid being put in the drool room with the kids who can't do anything for themselves. Through the years, the same anger and smarts sees him man and boy through school, love, and work. Always the outsider looking in, socol's writing gains power through a matter-of-fact, slightly flattened affect. Drool Room is direct, rich, and unforgettable.
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The Drool Room
22 Feb 2010
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Every now and then, I run into an unexpected gem of a book. The Drool Room is such a book. Ira Socol took me with him on a wild roller coaster ride through microfiction generated from his early life in school and into a career as an intense NYPD cop. His was a world of school failure powered by a combination of what he came to know as both dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. His voice rises and falls, dips and dizzies with the sights, sounds, and smells of a ride gone wild. Then, Socol brings the coaster to a breathless halt and I sit there in silence; thankful to have experienced his voice.
In a system that lost sight of Ira the child, he never lost sight of the world and all its potential. Fortunately, he landed in an alternative school with a teacher who saw the worth in him as a young person. The book is a collection of micro-fiction grounded in the realities of public schooling in which children who learn differently just don't fit. Ira Socol eventually became a special education teacher and spends his time today teaching educators how to see the learning capacity within all children rather than focusing on their deficits. This book will resonate with anyone who failed in school, who saw others failing around them in school, or who struggles to teach or parent children like Ira. Read it. Pass it on.
In a system that lost sight of Ira the child, he never lost sight of the world and all its potential. Fortunately, he landed in an alternative school with a teacher who saw the worth in him as a young person. The book is a collection of micro-fiction grounded in the realities of public schooling in which children who learn differently just don't fit. Ira Socol eventually became a special education teacher and spends his time today teaching educators how to see the learning capacity within all children rather than focusing on their deficits. This book will resonate with anyone who failed in school, who saw others failing around them in school, or who struggles to teach or parent children like Ira. Read it. Pass it on.
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