36 ChildrenThe author "tells of his years spent teaching children in a Harlem school, from his own fear and confusion on the first day (baffled by his pupils' apathy or resentment) to the progress of his thirty-six children during the next four years. He makes... comments on teaching methods and materials and explains his changes from academic traditions." |
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