It Doesn't Take A Genius Five Truths to Inspire Success in Every Student

by McCutcheon, Randall; Lindsey, Tommie

• ISBN13: 9780071460842
• ISBN10: 0071460845
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-06
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Two award-winning educators give you strategies to reach out and instill skills for success in your kids or studentsWith multiple teaching awards to their credit, Tommie Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon have taught every type of student--from the underprivileged to the ordinary.It Doesn't Take a Geniusgives you first-hand access to the strategies that have inspired students to succeed, even in impoverished districts.Entertaining and packed with practical advice, this motivating narrative is organized into five principles, each composed of "bite-size" lessons and testimonials from the teachers' greatest success stories.

Author Biography

Tommie Lindsey has worked with students in the California public school system for more than 25 years. Nearly 100 percent of his students go to college from a working class neighborhood where the average is 38 percent.

Randy McCutcheon is an award-winning educator who has taught high school English, Speech, Debate and Journalism. He also trains teachers, administrators and businesspeople and has worked in radio and TV for 10 years.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Dr. John Sexton
Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction	xvii
The First Truth: Be the First Believer	1	(56)
A Nut with a Mission	7	(6)
``Reality'' Teaching	13	(8)
Practical Matters: A Sit-in with Class	21	(2)
Patching Human Souls	23	(6)
Wall-Flowering	29	(4)
Improbable Dreams	33	(6)
Considering the Source	39	(8)
Self-Refilling Prophecies	47	(6)
Safety First	53	(4)
The Second Truth: Class Is Never Dismissed	57	(58)
You Can't Always Want What You Get	61	(6)
Image Isn't Everything, but It's Something	67	(8)
Aiming Above Morality	75	(8)
Mother Wit	83	(8)
Inalienable Wrongs	91	(6)
Some Things Stay the Same	97	(6)
Heart Breaks	103	(6)
Swallowing Pride	109	(6)
The Third Truth: Words Seldom Fail You	115	(64)
Word Meetings	119	(6)
Practical Matters: Meeting of Minds	125	(2)
The ``Bob'' Factor	127	(4)
Reading Allowed	131	(2)
Practical Matters: Works of Literature Speak	133	(4)
Healthy Self-Expression	137	(6)
Practical Matters: Mock Encomiums and Other Proposals	143	(2)
Glossophobia	145	(8)
Ask an Expert	153	(5)
Practical Matters: Forrester for the Trees	158	(3)
The Art of Persuasion	161	(6)
Falling in Love with Books	167	(6)
People Feel You	173	(6)
The Fourth Truth: Writers Block but Rarely Tackle	179	(52)
The Perfect Game	183	(6)
Life's Tests Are Not Standardized	189	(6)
Work Is Contagious	195	(8)
No Buts or Shortcuts	203	(4)
Unmaking Mistakes	207	(6)
Working Smart	213	(6)
Practical Matters: Real Fluency. Real Fast	219	(2)
Drawing on the Stories of Your Life	221	(8)
Practical Matters: Grandma Knows Best	229	(2)
The Fifth Truth: Paying Your Do's	231	(48)
Loving	235	(8)
Associating	243	(6)
Attending	249	(6)
Mentoring	255	(6)
Following	261	(4)
Risking	265	(4)
Persisting	269	(10)
Final Thoughts	279