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When We Were Colored: A Mother's Story
by molly/ca
Jun 13, 2012
I am inviting you to join a conversation that began one month ago. A few teachers and I gathered and agreed to read this poignant and funny story about child rearing during the segregated and civil rights era of U.S. history.

Here is the link at Amazon

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My question for the members tomorrow night will be :

Does being a mother change the teaching methods of a teacher?

I am hoping that you and the book club will join me here to chat about this wonderfully lighthearted yet serious book.
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j.e. It's a wonderful book! In your question, do you mean does being a mother who is a teacher change how you teach? Or do you mean, can a mother of a student change the teaching methods of a teacher?

On 6/13/12, molly/ca wrote: > I am inviting you to join a conversation that began one > month ago. A few teachers and I gathered and agre...See More
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molly/ca I like both of your questions j.e. but I meant the question to be one in which we can compare a teacher who has raised her own kids to a teacher who has never raised children.

I love the book and am milking the last few pages so I don't finish it. Eva has recently passed away but did do a book signing in Sacramento before her death.
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j.e. she was quite a woman! I especially like that the main setting for the story is Sacramento--close enough to me to make it even more real.

When I was student teaching, my supervisor (this was at a school for the Deaf) told me I would never be a good teacher until I had children. AT least, that's how I remember her words. I thought they wer...See More
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molly/ca to j.e. your point about "the kind of mother" is so true

we are going to move this discussion to Facebook next week. I will let you know the details :)

On 6/13/12, j.e. wrote: > she was quite a woman! I especially like that the main setting for > the story is Sacramento--close enough to me to make it even more > real. > > ...See More
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