Written in 1986, it's quite dated. On the first page, you know where they are and what type of school it is. "There were only three people in the hall. Two women teachers were questioning a young, tearful student who had her back to a wall of orange-colored lockers ... The girl did not respond. She was blond, blue-eyed, and pretty. Her cheerleading outfit ..." I'll just stop right there. Did you say all-white suburban high school? Then you WON! Even though the author had been in the field of education for 18 years (he was a college professor of student teachers), he felt he had lost touch with what was going on in elementary and secondary educational institutions. He had only taught in a public school for the first 4 years of his teaching career. He was also fed-up with the taunts of his students. "You people from the university don't understand the real world of the classroom! When are you going to leave your ivory towers and get out in the trenches?" That should be REQUIRED OF ALL collegiate educators!

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