Inside Job

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Inside Job is written by Bob Boone and published by The Puddin'head Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0972433910 (ISBN 10) and 9780972433914 (ISBN 13).

Robert Boone has led a unique life as a teacher. His teaching experiences began as an elementary school teacher on Staten Island, New York and currently continue in Chicago where he runs a program called Young Chicago authors, a program for talented young writers. Over 200 high school students have been through YCA's scholarship program, receiving nearly a million dollars in scholarships. He has spent most of his life in classrooms, teaching every type of student from affluent suburban kids to disadvantaged public housing students. He also runs a test preparatory center in one of Chicago's northern suburbs. Mr. Boone has studied teaching at The University of Wisconsin, Columbia Teacher's College and Northwestern University. He has written extensively about education and test preparation and has several textbooks to his credit. He has also written about sports and athletics including Hack, a biography of legendary baseball player, Hack Wilson. He was recently named "Chicagoan of the Year" by Chicago Magazine. Inside Job is a highly enlightening and entertaining story of his education as a teacher. It began essentially when he walked in front of his first class of fifth grade students at Staten Island Academy, and continued on through Frankfort, Germany and inner city Chicago. It eventually led him to the life a "free-lance teacher" and the founder of a social service agency dedicated to self-expression and literacy among Chicago's youth. It reveals the experience of becoming a teacher.