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Yo, Miss
Yo, Miss: A Graphic Look At High Schoool | Lisa Wilde
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Yo, Miss A Graphic Look at High School takes the reader inside Wildcat Academy, a second chance high school in New York City where all the students are considered at-risk. Through strong and revealing black and white images, the book tells the story of eight students who are trying to get that ticket to the middle class a high school diploma. Whether they succeed or not has as much to do with what happens outside the classroom as in, and the value of perseverance is matched by the power of a second chance. It is a story that shows these teens in all their beauty, intelligence, suffering, humor, and humanity (and also when they are really pains in the behind.) A view from the trenches of public education, Yo, Miss challenges preconceptions about who these kids are, and what is needed to help them graduate.
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Yo, Miss is the #graphicmemoir of a high school English teacher at a “last chance” school in Manhattan. It‘s also the story of the challenges & resilience of her students and a staff that will do whatever it takes to get them across the finish line. I would love to know how these students are doing today. I hope they all made it.

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This book written by a teacher is an amazing look at a second chance high school. The stories of the kids lives and why they struggle, the teachers experience and love for her students is shown in a wonderful way. The teachers loathing of standardise testing made me love her !! Great for high school kids to read and see themselves or create compassion and great to read for anyone in education . #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

Betty I have a graphic novel around here about Middle School. Need to find it 6y
TheBookHippie @Betty oh!!!! Wonderful ! Let me know. 6y
TheBookHippie @Betty Thank you!!!! I'll order that ASAP ! 6y
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Excellent read. True to life. Highly recommended for teachers and students alike.