Author

Contributions

  • Ardizzone, Sarah, 1970- - Contributor

Publication

2010 - MacLehose Press, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

68,250 words, Guess

Page Count

273 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPQ2676.E525 Z4613 2007
  • LCCPQ

Description

Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever. In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories of his own turbulent time in the classroom, Pennac enacts dialogues with his teachers, his parents and his own students, and serves up much more than a bald analysis of how young people are consistently failed by a faltering system.

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