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Blackboard Jungle
  
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Blackboard Jungle (Paperback)
by Evan Hunter (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (Dec 1976)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380008599
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380008599
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,922,613 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic of educational fiction easy to read., 27 Feb 2000
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This review is from: The Blackboard Jungle: NFT/BFI Film Classics (Paperback)
Inner-city New York demands the toughest from newly-qualified teachers. The 1950/60s trade-school system was set-up to cater for the less academically able but has become synonymous with "no hopers". Into this scenario a new group of teachers arrive. The book traces their struggles to deliver the curriculum to their demanding students. The teachers have to face apathy and resignation from older members of staff and decide on whether to compromise or continue to follow their ideals at great personal cost. Danger waits from their more violent students outside the class as well as in, especially if one becomes "a hero" (saving a female member of staff from rape). The plot is easily followed and the prose style undemanding. It is the echoes of struggles faced by any teacher today which make this book a "must", particularly for those facing the challenge of the inner cities today. Above all, the conclusion is firmly based in reality which leaves the reader reviewing the plot in a philosophical rather than sceptical light.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Original Dangerous Minds, 24 Jul 2002
By Sam Rossiter (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Blackboard Jungle: NFT/BFI Film Classics (Paperback)
If you liked Dangerous Minds, the film with Michelle Pfeiffer and Coolio doing his gangstas paradise bit, then you'll love this. A similar setting (new teacher in rough school has to try and control unruly classes) it is a thrilling story with a bitter twist at the end. The main story running through this book is Rick Dadier's battle with one particularly clever and cunning pupil, Gregory Miller. His IQ is high but he chooses to be the class ringleader, and this causes a lot of tension in the classroom. A top read.
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