Rafe Esquith
Author of Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
Works by Rafe Esquith
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- Birthdate
- 1954
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Occupations
- teacher
- Awards and honors
- National Medal of Arts (2003)
Order of the British Empire (Member)
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Statistics
- Works
- 5
- Members
- 1,277
- Popularity
- #20,088
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 41
- ISBNs
- 26
This is not what I expected from Mr. Esquith. And, to be fair, in the book he acknowledges that he's not perfect and still strives to be kind to others. I'd like to think that this, his first book, was a kind of exorcism of his frustrations, and that he has since let go of some of his anger and spite. I hope he's made a lot of money and isn't struggling so much financially, because I'm well aware of how financial struggle can wear away your peace of mind and make you feel like the world is against you. Esquith certainly seems to believe that even some of the people who believe in him are only interested in wasting his time or getting in his way.
But I'm not telling you skip this book. In reading it, try to do something I think Rafe Esquith didn't do in writing it: give him the benefit of the doubt and trust that, even though his attitude can be appalling, he still has good ideas and is worth listening to.… (more)