Back in the late 1970’s, I was a young teacher in a school in a lower income area. One boy in my 8th grade English class was a troublemaker who did nothing but give me a hard time. One day without comment I handed him The Outsiders. He devoured it. It was the first time he showed any interest in anything. He even asked to tell the other students about it. I wish Susan Hinton had written a dozen similar books. That would have been a valuable public service.
Back in the late 1970’s, I was a young teacher in a school in a lower income area. One boy in my 8th grade English class was a troublemaker who did nothing but give me a hard time. One day without comment I handed him The Outsiders. He devoured it. It was the first time he showed any interest in anything. He even asked to tell the other students about it. I wish Susan Hinton had written a dozen similar books. That would have been a valuable public service.