Yo Miz!
1 Teacher + 25 Schools = 1 Wacky Year
by Elizabeth Rose
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Pub Date Mar 31 2015 | Archive Date Oct 28 2015
Smith Publicity | By Any Other Name Publishing
Description
• Journalists are not allowed in
• Teachers risk punishment if they speak out
• School administrators will only share the good stuff
• Most lawmakers? Clueless.
Yo Miz! has the answer. Yo Miz! is the seriously funny memoir of an unconventional “edu-tainer,” ejected from her home school and assigned to teach at 25 Manhattan public high schools in one wacky year. Yo Miz! is about the kids. From el barrio to Wall Street, they’re all present…speaking in their own voices. Yo Miz! is a remarkable odyssey through the largest public school system in the US. Want a front row seat in class? Then Yo Miz! = required reading. Fa real!
A Note From the Publisher
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Advance Praise
"Yo Miz! should be required reading for all teachers, parents, people who want to be teachers, people who want to be parents. School administrators (in our dreams), legislators (again dreaming), let's add politicians too, why not? Pretty much everyone. It is a funny, sad, beautiful book that ultimately will make you mad as hell." Katherine Hall Page, author, Faith Fairchild mysteries
Marketing Plan
“Edu-tainer” Elizabeth Rose, who has created music and comedy for stage, film and TV, swore she would never follow the advice of her parents, both teachers, and become a teacher. But she took a gig teaching songwriting in a NYC public high school. When the job was cut, she was asked to sub in a new school each week, a temptation no storyteller could resist. During this same wacky year, she performed her one-woman musical comedy, Relative Pitch, at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Off Broadway.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780990439219 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Linda M, Reviewer
“Yo Miz” is a memoir about one woman’s epic year substitute teaching in New York City high schools. Infused with humor and detailing both the highs and lows of the experience, it was an enjoyable read even if at times the reader becomes as frustrated as the author.
How frustrating it must be to be at the mercy of a computer program that picks where you will work for the next week, regardless of how far it is from home or what your actual skills are. Or even worse, wasting time being sent on mandatory interviews where you clearly do not have one of the requirements for the job such as being able to speak Mandarin.
Reading this during breaks at work, it made me realize my job is nothing compared to standing in front of 37 teenagers you’ve never met and trying to inspire them to learn. While dealing with the students is often difficult, it can be even more stressful dealings with unwelcoming staff and Assistant Principals who don’t even bother to ask your name.
It becomes clear that the author has a passion for working with these kids and tries to inspire them to do better and overcome all the challenges life has thrown at them. Some of these kids don’t stand a chance and have been given no tools to work their way of their current poor circumstances. Some of this is on the kids themselves, with no drive to make a better life for themselves, they are content to just sit around listening to music. It makes me weep for our youth who do not know how to communicate with using F or N every other word.
A larger portion of the blame can be placed on the Department of Education. Rose details the vast disparity amongst the schools in regards to number of students, the availability of supplies, teacher engagement, and facilities. She identifies the issues facing the education department without being preachy.
. As many of the students she interacts with are bilingual, there are some of sentences in foreign languages as she tries to connect with them on their level. I had to look up a lot of them to know what they meant. There is also a lot of text talk to that some readers may not be familiar with. Overall this was a very entertaining book that gives the reader a glimpse into one person’s battle to touch lives and make a difference.
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