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The Teacher Who Couldn't Read: One Man's Triumph Over Illiteracy | 
 enlarge | Author: John Corcoran
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 267849
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1427798303
Dewey Decimal Number: 373.110092
EAN: 9781427798305
ASIN: 1427798303
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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John Corcoran's memoir, The Teacher Who Couldn't Read is being offered in a new trade paperback format to coincide with the release of his new book Bridge to Literacy. The Teacher Who Couldn't Read is John's life story of how he struggled through school without the basic skills of how to read or write and went on to become a high school teacher still without these basic skills. John then went on to conquer his inability to read and to become a leading advocate for literacy.
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The Teacher Who Couldn't Read December 3, 2008
I found this story very interesting. I could relate as a child with learning problems and having been a teacher myself. It makes you stop and think about how we are teaching our kids.
 Get this book! October 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book begs of us to ask ourselves some important questions: Which people in your life are struggling with reading and writing? How would you know? How would you help? Millions of Americans of every age, race, gender, and class are functionally illiterate; how is this affecting you personally? How is society suffering? Why aren't these millions of people being taught to read and write during their years of schooling? (I'll disclose a tidbit here: it is NOT because they are unable to learn to read or are `disabled'). All these questions are addressed in this must read book. It contains a raw, riveting, honest account of one brilliant man's immense suffering as a functional illiterate for 48 years as he clawed his way through school and college, taught high school, and developed his own successful business. It describes how he came to learn to read, and the amazing path his passionate quest has led him down as he has devoted his life to helping the millions who are suffering as he did. As the owner of a reading center, I see the hurt and anguish students of every age experience because they are not able to read. I also see the joy, increased self esteem, and hope they experience as they quickly learn to read and realize they aren't `broken'. Read this book; you'll be glad you did!
 He blamed everyone else and takes no responsibility himself. January 28, 2006
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is the story of John Corcoran who learned to read later in life. He blamed the school system and his teachers who failed him in many ways. However, does this justify the fact that he cheated his way through school and even broke into a professor's office in college? THEN he became a teacher who used his students to do his job as a teacher. I can sympathize with him when was a kid. It must have been painful. But let's be real, as an adult, he was afraid someone would discover he couldn't read and he would have lost his job as a TEACHER. He could have taken some responsibility for his education by getting into the car and employing a tutor in a neighboring town. He even used his wife in the "cover up".
What really got me about this man who made it very clear that his teachers were the reason for his illiteracy was that he became a teacher himself. Just how many students did he affect in his teaching career? If I had been a student of his, I would have felt cheated by him. He is more guilty than those who failed him. He got his job through cheating, lying, deception, and even breaking the law.
I think I would have had more sympathy for him if he had been a businessman who learned to read later in life -- but he was employed as a teacher. How many students did he help with their studies? This is not a person who should be admired, in my opinion. I would have admired him if he would have gotten a tutor or attended adult ed. classes during his college years.
This is a great book that truly opens your eyes to the TRUTH about illiteracy! January 13, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
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This was a great book. I recommend this book to people who can remember multiple events, as this is an autobiography, and the author goes over many points on the timeline of his life.
The book interested me because it was a true story of someone who fought the battle of illiteracy, and made something of himself, as well as reaching out to others, instead of giving into his problem, and letting life slip by. To me, he is almost a hero, since he prevailed and is still working hard to change other people's lives.
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Future interviews with people showed countless stories of kids getting though high-school. John made friends with other new-readers. John and all these people were not dyslexic, nor did they have any mental issues. He explains that they, like himself, simply were illiterate, and anyone who doesn't learn to read after 4th grade has a very slight chance to do so.
An amazing story of true curage January 15, 2002
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book should be mandatory reading for all teachers and those going into the profession. After reading this book you will have a insight into the secret world of the illiterate. Before the book I imagined the illiterate as people that brought this on themselves by not caring or giving up on the educational system now I see it as it truely is a disability. This book would be great for parents to get an understanding of what children can go through in school and how hard it can be to be a child. This is an amazing story of a man who led a life of lies to protect his intermost secret. I can not say how much I enjoyed this book and how I want everyone to read it. Enjoy!
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