Research Catalog

Title

Class dismissed : a year in the life of an American high school : a glimpse into the heart of a nation / Meredith Maran.

Author

Maran, Meredith.

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

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Description

xviii, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"The Seniors of Berkeley High are the white, black, Latino, Asian, and multiracial children of judges and carpenters, software consultants and garbage collectors, housewives and housekeepers. Some are Harvard bound; others are illiterate. They are the Class of 2000 at the nation's most diverse high school - and they are the future of our nation." "Looking into the lives of these young people, in this American town, at this time in history, we see more than what's true - and what's possible - for Berkeley High. We see what's true and what's possible for America."--Jacket.

Subject

Berkeley High School (Berkeley, Calif.)

Contents

Introduction: All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in High School -- Prologue--April 2000: Fire! -- August 1999: Same Old Same Old -- September 1999: What's Up -- October 1999: Bling, Bling -- November 1999: Stressing -- December 1999: Crackdown -- January 2000: Scandalous -- February 2000: Breakdown -- March 2000: On the Down Low -- April 2000: Feelin' the Heat -- May 2000: Ready or Not -- June 2000: Class Dismissed -- Afterword: Everything We Need to Know We Can Learn from Our High Schools -- The Year After: "What Ever Happened to Autumn, Jordan, and Keith?"

ISBN

0312265689

LCCN

^^^00040517^

OCLC

44131724

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library