1st Edition
Changing Lives Working with Literature in an Alternative Sentencing Program
By Taylor Stoehr
Copyright 2013
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Changing Lives recounts the experiences of a dozen men on probation in Massachusetts who took classes for three months to read and talk about great works of literature. The men explored the writings of Malcolm X, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, amongst others. In these writings the men discovered many issues relating to their own lives, such as substance abuse, family breakdown, poverty and racism.... Read more
Part 1 Getting Started; Chapter 1 Masks; Chapter 2 Who Are These People?; Chapter 3 A Typical Class; Part 2 In the Shadow of School; Chapter 4 Encouraging Failure; Chapter 5 Sentenced to School; Chapter 6 Let That Be a Lesson to You!; Part 3 Old Lessons; Chapter 7 Street Smarts; Chapter 8 The Moral of the Story; Part 4 Responding to Crisis; Chapter 9 Standing Up for Yourself; Chapter 10 Crisis and Self-Discovery; Part 5 Making a New Start; Chapter 11 Hitting Rock Bottom; Chapter 12 Neville; Part 6 What We Learned; Chapter 13 Graduation Day; epi Epilogue;
Biography
Taylor Stoehr
