Army, and went on the graduate from NYU with a degree in Literature (without having a high school diploma). ... Most of the children at this school were of southern European decent and, he was told, they were studying to be auto mechanics or beauticians, therefore didn't really need to do well in these classes he was teaching. ... What he thought would be English he was to teach, turned into classes on Economic Citizenship and Social Studies, but most often turned into the task of "keeping students occupied". ... Placing a teacher that has been brought up in Ireland with different valu...

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