Frank McCourt
Excuses, Excuses: Excerpt from Teacher Man
Jul 28, 2009-- "I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at Ralph McKee Vocational School in Staten Island, New York, when one of my students, 16-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before: "Dear Mr. McCort, Mikey's grandmother who is eighty years of age fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job at the ferry terminal. Please excuse Mikey and he'll do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is ok." This delightful excerpt from beloved author Frank McCourt who passed away recently, shares how a teacher turned excuse notes into a class lesson. (7384 reads)
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