Wishing for Wings
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9766378029 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
They were outcasts, the forgotten boys of Trinidad and Tobago imprisoned for violent crimes including armed robbery and murder. Impossible to put down, Wishing for Wings captures both the fear and the pleasure of one teacher in unchartered territory; and the hope and trust sustaining her students. In 2010 Debbie Jacob entered the gates of the Youth Training Centre (YTC), the remand centre for boys in the Caribbean island of Trinidad - it would be a move that would change her life and the lives of her young charges forever. In the end, both teacher and students would discover just how much they had come to need each other. The realities of the education and justice systems are brought into sharp focus as are issues such as teaching (formal) English
"I am at once Silence, and full." according to Joanne Johnson. I am reluctant to write anything about Wishing, simply because I am stunned and humbly in awe of the work. If I could wish for the author and her young charges, I would wish for this to be at the very least a national bestseller at home in the Caribbean, and especially Trinidad and Tobago.On completing, I am at once silenced and full.It is not without flaws. Yet is is emotionally flawless.(e.g. I wished the chapter "Decisions" was an introduction before diving in - I did worry about the boysprivacy as I re. Wishing for Wings! Ricker Winsor In Debbie Jacob’s fine book, Wishing for Wings, I learned that “the lads” we so easily dismiss in our minds, the lads we hope to avoid knowing in our lives, are a lot smarter and more sensitive and more human than we knew. And how would we know because to know them would mean breaking out of our selfishness and our comfort zone and reaching out. And that is exactly what Debbie Jacob did. She broke out of her normal good life and broke into jail. What she found surprised her and us too. It. Billy Elm said An altruistic teacher finds talent in her pupils in prison.. Wishing for Wings is the story of Ms. Jacob's experiences of teaching boys in prison. While most of us would shy away from such an undertaking, she did everything in her power to help 'her' boys, seeing them through to their English exams and beyond. Over time she found out why they were in prison - some of them should not have been there at all. She includes samples of their writing, which demonstrate mastery of writing and maturity of ideas far beyond what we would expect from such individuals. Thank you