Round Peg, Square Hole: A Teacher Lives and Learns in Watts

by John Gust

John Gust was fed up. With teaching. With bureaucracy. And with an educational system that seemed more concerned with students' employment prospects than with their enrichment. So it was that he left his teaching post in the Los Angeles Unified School System. So it was that his return--prompted by economic necessity--was inauspicious. And so it was that his transformation began. Now, in the tradition of Kozol, Dennison, and Kohl, Gust shares that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325000905
• ISBN13: 9780325000909
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

used as Urban Ed. textbook

We used this book in our urban ed class (and its been used in previous sections). ALL of the class agreed that the book was great, fantastic, etc. The lessons taught are great. The story is well told. BUT.. there are questions left unanswered in the book... where's the sequel? What happened to Meghan? Is the playground still there.. (shoulda had a picture of it)? Is John still doing any teaching at Compton Avenue Elementary? We want to know.. The book is great!