Burro Genius - A Memoir

Standing at the podium, Victor Villasenor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. When he was through, to his great disbelief he received a standing ovation. Many in the audience could not contain their own tears. So begins the passionate, touching memoir of Victor Villasenor. Highly gifted and imaginative as a child, Villasenor coped with an untreated learning disability (he was finally diagnosed, at the age of forty-four, with extreme dyslexia) and the frustration of growing up Latino in an English-only American school in the 1940s. Despite teachers who beat him because he could not speak English, Villasenor clung to his dream of one day becoming a writer. He is now considered one of the premier writers of our time.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Victor Villasenor, Villasenor Victor
• Editore: Rayo
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.09.2005
• EAN: 9780060526139
• ISBN: 978-0-06-052613-9
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Science: general issues, Biography: general, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Political leaders and leadership, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Educational strategies and policy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, SCIENCE: Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Essays, EDUCATION: Special Education / Learning Disabilities, SPANISH LANGUAGE: NONFICTION, EDUCATION: Multicultural Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Indigenous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Hispanic & Latino, Spanish Language / Nonfiction