Thoughts of an Urban Teacher: What do you do when students’ say “ I Think I Am Worthless”, “Shut the Fu.. Up”, “I Am Afraid of Donald Trump”, I Didn’t ... Night”, “Fu..ing Bald Headed Mother Fu..

R. Grant writes a powerful realization of the why and how of the Urban teacher. His mastery and lifetime dedication to inner-city education identifies the social impact and struggle the urban teacher faces. In a world where the unfair distribution of academic resources plaguing young learners and traps both teacher and student as victims of a post-modern Jim Crow.

Mark Campbell
Academic Manager
BRINDELL INSTITUTE

Former New York Jet, NFL professional athlete Reginald “Reggie” Grant talks about the realities of today in urban classrooms. Since 2002 he has been in the classroom and in this book he will make you laugh, cry and think about our changing educational system.
When he tells the stories of a few of his students who have said to him
“ I think I am Worthless and should commit suicide”
“Shut the Fu.. Up”
“I Am Afraid of Donald Trump! “
“ I Didn’t Eat Last Night”
“Fucking Bald Headed Mother Fu…er”
“I Want to Be an Engineer” …………………..
“We should assassinate Obama...”
Read his reactions and insights.

Table of Contents
Introduction Thoughts of an Urban Teacher

Chapter 1 Reaching the Next Generation: One World Culture

Chapter 2 Why I Teach and Charter Schools
Chapter 3 Stories from the classroom

Charter 4 Charter Schools vs Public Schools:

Which serves Urban Communities better?
Chapter 5 Understanding Poverty in its Social Context Framework

Chapter 6 Cultural Learning
Chapter 7 African American Language “Ebonics”, Racism, and Urban American English
Chapter 8 The Effect of Educational Policies on Education in America

Chapter 9 Intuitional Racism vs.Racism, (ESSA, NCLB & Common Core)

Chapter 10 Why Students Learn and Strategies for Success

Chapter 11 More stories from Me.