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Title: Vindictive, Petty Gossip
Review: Although one must admire Rafe Esquith's creativity, energy and dedication to his classroom, unfortunately after reading his book it his pettiness and vindictiveness that stick in one's mind. I have to ask why his editors allowed him to include so many vengeful stories of not only fellow teachers and administrators but also even of former students who apparently didn't give Mr. Esquith the thanks he felt his due. Some of these stories may have been appropriate to include in his book, but many were not. One has the impression he must have worn down his editors into letting him include so many such anecdotes. Too bad no one asked Mr. Esquith to consider if his hero Atticus would have written such a book or why someone should pay money to read this kind of gossip.
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