From the Back of the Bus to the Front of the Classroom
My Thirty-Year Journey as a Black and Blind Professor
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After 30 years as a professor in the field of communication studies, Dr. Smith reminisces about some of his experiences and how his race and differently abled intersectionality have influenced documented encounters. As a Black and totally blind individual, he muses about how this distinction has both colored and shed light on what might have been innocuous or unremarkable encounters otherwise.
This narrative charts his journey from leaving for graduate school to his present position as a tenured professor at a Midwest institution of higher learning. The memoir is riveting because of its vulnerability, candid honesty, and fresh transparency, as well as its conversational tone and quality. It is simultaneously an enjoyable story but one that can also cause reflection and soul-searching without much warning.
While the challenges of race and differently-abled issues are documented (and sometimes painfully so), Dr. Smith ultimately concludes that for the most part, these unique foci resulted in more positive outcomes than negative ones. It seems that only in America is this story possible, and the ultimate success of this memoir is clearly due to a strong faith in God, consistent and contagious family support, and hard work and perseverance.
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Tim Gunn, America's favorite reality TV cohost, is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Having begun his fashion career as a teacher at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim knows more than a thing or two about mentorship and how to convey invaluable pearls of wisdom in an approachable, accessible manner.
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Life lessons for All
- De Trendy en 03-11-16
De: Tim Gunn, y otros
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The Memo
- What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table
- De: Minda Harts
- Narrado por: Minda Harts
- Duración: 4 h y 59 m
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The Memo is the much-needed career advice guide for women of color specifically, finally ending the one-size-fits-all approach of business books that lump together women across races and overlook the unique barriers to success for women of color. In a charismatic and relatable voice, Minda Harts brings her entrepreneurial experience as CEO of The Memo to audio, as well as her past career life as a fundraising consultant to top colleges across the country.
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Must read (listen) for EVERY woman
- De VJ Smith en 08-28-19
De: Minda Harts
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Radical
- Fighting to Put Students First
- De: Michelle Rhee
- Narrado por: Shannon McManus
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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Part memoir, part manifesto, Radical is this fearless advocate's incisive, intensely personal call-to-arms. Rhee combines the story of her own extraordinary experience with dozens of compelling examples from schools she's worked in and studied-from students from unspeakable home lives who have thrived in the classroom to teachers whose radical methods have produced unprecedented leaps in achievement. Radical chronicles Rhee's awakening to the potential of every child, her rage at the special interests blocking badly-needed change, and her recognition that it will take a grassroots movement to create outstanding public schools.
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Good read after seeing Waiting for Superman
- De Marie en 04-10-13
De: Michelle Rhee
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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
- What the Most Effective People Do Differently
- De: John C. Maxwell
- Narrado por: Henry O. Arnold, John Maxwell
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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The most effective leaders know how to connect with people. It's not about power or popularity, but about making the people around you feel heard, comfortable, and understood. While it may seem like some folks are born with a commanding presence that draws people in, the fact is anyone can learn to communicate in ways that consistently build powerful connections. Bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell offers advice for effective communication to those who continually run into obstacles when it comes to personal success.
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stronger than normal Maxwell
- De jdon en 07-17-20
De: John C. Maxwell
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Pedigree
- How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs
- De: Lauren A. Rivera
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status. Yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs. Pedigree takes listeners behind the closed doors of top-tier investment banks, consulting firms, and law firms to reveal the truth about who really gets hired for the nation's highest-paying entry-level jobs, who doesn't, and why.
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Should have been much much shorter
- De Amazon Customer en 10-13-21
De: Lauren A. Rivera
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- De: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrado por: Ali Stroker
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a "fire hazard" to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis, Judy's actions set a precedent that improved rights for disabled people.
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A must read for everyone
- De Christopher A Cawthon en 09-28-20
De: Judith Heumann, y otros
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The Global Achievement Gap
- Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills our Children Need - and What We Can Do About it
- De: Tony Wagner
- Narrado por: Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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Education expert Tony Wagner situates our school problems in the context of the global knowledge economy and analyzes the skills necessary for our young people to succeed.
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made obsolete by 'MostLikelyToSucceed'-still great
- De MichaelS en 04-01-16
De: Tony Wagner
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Wait, What?
- And Life's Other Essential Questions
- De: James E. Ryan
- Narrado por: James E. Ryan
- Duración: 2 h y 49 m
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In his commencement address to the graduating class of 2016, James E. Ryan, dean of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, offered remarkable advice to the crowd of hopeful men and women eager to make their marks on the world. The key to achieving emotional connections and social progress, he told them, can be found in five essential questions.
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Great For Our Jobs, Our Families, Our Lives!
- De Gillian en 05-18-18
De: James E. Ryan
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Blackballed
- The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses
- De: Lawrence Ross
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
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From Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine, Blackballed is an explosive and controversial book that rips the veil off America's hidden secret: America's colleges have fostered a racist environment that makes them hostile spaces for African American students. Blackballed exposes the white fraternity and sorority system, with traditions of racist parties and songs and assaults on black students; and the universities themselves, who name campus buildings after racist men and women.
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Very insightful
- De Rupe en 11-09-16
De: Lawrence Ross
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HR on Purpose
- Developing Deliberate People Passion
- De: Steve Browne
- Narrado por: Steve Browne
- Duración: 3 h y 24 m
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Can you be in HR for more than 30 years and still be geeked out about it? The answer is yes, you can! HR leader and popular Everyday People blogger Steve Browne takes a fresh look at HR through an engaging assortment of real-life examples, insights, and epiphanies and encourages practitioners to drop the preconceptions of what HR should be and instead look to what HR could be. Listen to this book to rekindle your passion for a field that is vibrant and vital and touch the lives of everyone you encounter with HR on Purpose!
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Enjoyable book about the HR profession
- De Rancher en 06-22-19
De: Steve Browne
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Excellent Sheep
- The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
- De: William Deresiewicz
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to "practical" subjects like economics and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways.
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skip the book read the essay
- De Amazon Customer en 05-07-15
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Unified
- How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country
- De: Tim Scott, Trey Gowdy
- Narrado por: J D Jackson, John McLain
- Duración: 5 h y 18 m
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Tim Scott, an African-American US senator, and Trey Gowdy, a white US congressman, won’t allow racial lines to divide them. They work together, eat meals together, campaign together, and make decisions together. Yet in the fall of 2010 - as two brand-new members of the US House of Representatives - they did not even know each other. Their story as politicians and friends began the moment they met and is a model for others seeking true reconciliation.
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Inspirational true story!
- De Wayne en 08-05-19
De: Tim Scott, y otros
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-25-24
Quick, entertaining, and inspirational
Narrated by the author, the book was the story of his life, with emphasis on his years as a professor. It is well articulated, as you would expect from an academic. For someone like myself who working hard to adjust to loss of vision, his story was so inspirational. I am in awe at how he figured out how to do a lot of traveling and just enjoy life. He is also very good at enlisting the help of others, but not in a way that would burden them. The book is a quick, entertaining read.
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- Delaney McClinton
- 01-21-24
An eye-opening perspective from an unexpected source
This book is truly special. It feels more like a conversation than a book. I found myself commenting out loud as I listened. Dr. Smith’s ability to describe his views as a blind man, and a Black man, gave me a new appreciation for both. It would be easy to assume his life had been hard. And no doubt parts of it have been. But, his focus here was clearly the positives, benefits, and even blessings of his so-called disability. I found myself wishing I had been a student in his classroom because his passion, warmth, and candid nature inspired me to want to learn more. The way he takes topics like racism and ableism, and makes them feel conversational instead of taboo, is a testament to his character. I can’t think of a single person who couldn’t benefit from reading his words. This book left me feeling hopeful, and grateful for people different from myself to learn from.
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- C/Money
- 06-23-21
very interesting a very good read
this not only open my eyes to how blind people deal with things you also can take this and use it in your everyday life . and also let you know just because you're blind or just because you can see doesn't give you the right to make excuses about not being able to do certain things and sometimes even when you're comfortable you might end up doing something that you thought you would never do because you thought it wouldn't be comfortable and turns out to be very rewarding
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