Brought back memories of teaching in Mott Haven

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	• Amazing Grace : Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, The Jonathan Kozol, 1996 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 67 reviews view larger image
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The children of the South Bronx

Amazing Grace by Jonothan Kozol takes as its theme the simple but fervent religious faith and hope held by the children of the South Bronx, an area so utterly forlorn that hope would seem to be impossible. Kozol describes, in a readable yet stark manner, the omniprescence of violence and death in this ghetto. As he spends nearly a year talking with varied people- a tough love grandmother, the Wall Street lawyer turned minister, a poet, and so many unforgettable children, the reader sees them as more than mere statistics. Kozol does not offer solutions to the intractable "ghetto problem"; rather, he lets his descriptions of inner-city life speak for themselves. Ultimately, to his readers in this supposedly Judeo-Christian country, he poses this moral problem: "How does a nation deal with those whom it has cursed?" This is an important and unforgettable book.

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Brought back memories of teaching in Mott Haven

I taught for two years in Mott Haven at P.S. 65 and am familiar with many of the children, adults and teachers Kozol met while researching his book. Through this book I learned that the younger brother of one of my students died because of a broken elevator door. A great little kid, smart and cute. Just like the hundreds of other kids I knew whose moments of happiness were so beautiful because the chances of their happiness lasting were so slight. Kozol introduces you to these kids; you may not sleep well because of this book, but its worth the introduction

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