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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Beautifully written, compelling, challenging and thought-provoking.' N. Jennings'Magnificent! . extremely well written; I enjoyed every minute of it. Casts a critical and compassionate light on the Indian residential school system.' T. MooresIn August 1947, Mary Brock boarded a train in Toronto. She was headed for the wilds of Northwestern Ontario and a teaching job at an Indian residential school. Her family was horrified. At the end of her first day of teaching, Mary was horrified too. This was not the exciting adventure she had imagined. But Mary wasn't one to give up. Buoyed by her ideals and pragmatism, she kept showing up.She lasted the academic year. When she boarded the train for home, she knew she had failed, in every way that mattered. The ideals she had come with had shattered on her classroom floor, and a big piece of her heart lay buried behind a small log cabin in the woods.Sixty years later, two unexpected gifts forced her to take a second look back and a more hopeful look forward. Maybe her ideals weren't so naïve after all.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Un escrito maravilloso, convincente, desafiante y lleva a la reflexión.' N. Jennings'¡Magnífico! . . . muy bien escrito, disfruté cada minuto. Emana una luz crítica y compasiva sobre el sistema del Indian residential schools.' T. MooresEn agosto de 1947, Mary Brock abordó un tren en Toronto para dirigirse a la zona silvestre del noroeste de Ontario donde trabajaría como profesora en un Indian residential school. ¡Sufamilia estaba aterrada!Al final de su primer día de clase, María también quedó aterrada, ya que esto no era la aventura emocionante que se había imaginado. Sin embargo, no se dio por vencida y animada por sus ideales y su pragmatismo, siguió adelante.Culminó el año académico. Cuando subió al tren para volver a casa, supo que había fracasado en todos los sentidos. Los ideales con los que había venido se habían hecho añicos en las paredes de su aula, y un gran pedazo de su corazón yacía enterrado detrás de una pequeña cabaña en el bosque. Sesenta años después, dos regalos inesperados, la obligaron a mirar el pasado por segunda vez y a mirar el futuro con más esperanza. Después de todo, tal vez sus ideales no eran tan ingenuos.…

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Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 306 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | "Beautifully written, compelling, challenging and thought-provoking." N. Jennings"Magnificent! . extremely well written; I enjoyed every minute of it. Casts a critical and compassionate light on the Indian residential school system." T. MooresIn August 1947, Mary Brock boarded a train in Toronto. She was headed for the wilds of Northwestern Ontario and a teaching job at an Indian residential school. Her family was horrified. At the end of her first day of teaching, Mary was horrified too. This was not the exciting adventure she had imagined. But Mary wasn't one to give up. Buoyed by her ideals and pragmatism, she kept showing up.She lasted the academic year. When she boarded the train for home, she knew she had failed, in every way that mattered. The ideals she had come with had shattered on her classroom floor, and a big piece of her heart lay buried behind a small log cabin in the woods.Sixty years later, two unexpected gifts forced her to take a second look back and a more hopeful look forward. Maybe her ideals weren't so naïve after all.…

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