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School Days | Patrick Chamoiseau
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School Days (Chemin-dEcole) is a captivating narrative based on Patrick Chamoiseaus childhood in Fort-de-France, Martinique. It is a revelatory account of the colonial world that shaped one of the liveliest and most creative voices in French and Caribbean literature today. Through the eyes of the boy Chamoiseau, we meet his severe, Francophile teacher, a man intent upon banishing all remnants of Creole from his students speech. This domineering man is succeeded by an equally autocratic teacher, an Africanist and proponent of Negritude. Along the way we are also introduced to Big Bellybutton, the class scapegoat, whose tales of Creole heroes and heroines, magic, zombies, and fantastic animals provide a fertile contrast to the imported French fairy tales told in school. In prose punctuated by Creolisms and ribald humor, Chamoiseau infuses the universal terrors, joys, and disappointments of a childs early school days with the unique experiences of a Creole boy forced to confront the dominant culture in a colonial school. School Days mixes understanding with laughter, knowledge with entertainmentin ways that will fascinate and delight readers of all ages.
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
School Days | Patrick Chamoiseau
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I‘ve been away from Litsy for several weeks as I prepare for the coming school year to start. Needless to say, I‘m rather frazzled! #teachersoflitsy, can you feel me? 🤯 If you‘ve already started back, how is it going?

tjwill Yes, life is very hard right now. My district has been back 2 weeks virtually right now, with 4 more scheduled to be virtual, and we don‘t know yet if students will be back in the building after that or not. Sigh. It‘s hard to live with all the uncertainty—our schedules, our health and that of our families and our students, feeling like we are doing so much and it‘s never enough. I hope you can take some time this weekend to relax and destress. 4y
Chelleo In higher ed and right there with you. We‘ve started saying that we are planning based on dreams and wishes because nothing is certain. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sending lots of love and positivity to you all!! 4y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit @tjwill @Chelleo Best of luck to you, ladies! We‘re starting back face-to-face and virtual synchronous this Tuesday, so the idea of juggling the two together is stressful. But we will get through it one way or another! Is there any other choice? 🤷‍♀️ It will work out—somehow! 😁 4y
CindyMyLifeIsLit @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks, it‘s much appreciated! 4y
tjwill @CindyMyLifeIsLit Yes, we will make it! 💪🏼 💕 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks, we can always use more of that! 🥰 4y
TheBookHippie We call it the shit show 🤣😬 everyday a new something .. 4y
CindyMyLifeIsLit @TheBookHippie So do we!! 😂😂 Or, I believe the professional term is “fecal presentation!” Yesterday was better than today. Yesterday our online kids were in an endless cycle of “disconnect-reconnect.” 🤦‍♀️ 4y
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Reviewsbylola
School Days | Patrick Chamoiseau
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When your child‘s teacher posts pictures of library time. 😍

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britt_brooke How cute! 5y
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AmberWB
School Days | Patrick Chamoiseau
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Well. Here goes nothing!! 😁

JoScho Good luck friend!! I hope it is smooth sailing! 6y
Kappadeemom Wow! Here in Georgia, we‘ve been in school for a month! 6y
AmberWB Thanks @JoScho ! So far, so good. I‘ll update you once the honeymoon period is over. 😉. @Kappadeemom You all probably get out much earlier than we do, right? Our last day for this school year is June 15- and that is if there are no snow days. 😒 6y
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