This brings back memories......
My supervising teacher tossed me in as well. I had a good class in a good school and I still felt a bit like waiting for the lions and the the Roman emperor to give a thumbs down.

I like this book so far. I will definitely read this book. I am interested in seeing the movie too. I had heard of the movie, but didn't know what it was about. I know I am hooked when I am looking forward to the next days post!

Tnis is going to be a winner, I can tell. I'll definitely want to finish reading it.

If you like this topic, try Cross-X by Joe Miller. It chronicles a couple of post-2001 years in the life of the debate team of inner-city Central High in Kansas City, MO. Along the way you get a good picture of the antics of the school board and administrators as well as the trials that teachers, parents, and students endured during the post-desegregation years. I lived there at the time and can testify that Miller gets it right.

Now, this is a book worth reading - had seen adv. of the movie and plan to see that as well -

Ironically we had seen the movie Sunday night and then the book was previewed that next week. We really enjoyed the movie but the book is so much more ( as I usually find). The movie was a great tease to an even greater read!!!!