This is the story of a teacher trying to navigate her first year teaching in an inner city school. She is constantly berated by administration and pressured to forsake her students’ needs in order to provide “check the box” instructional techniques and receiving no support or help. As a former teacher, I can relate.I loved Carolyn’s heart and the teaching storyline. Her personal life, on the other hand, was ridiculous. Her social skills, whether arguing with her best friends, callous breakup wit...

Ho AMATO questo libro, 'Love and Other Subjects' di Kathleen Shoop. L'inizio è stato un po' emotivo per me, per una serie di ragioni, coinvolgendo un incidente con una pistola in una scuola. Come genitore di bambini in età scolare, questo problema mi tocca sempre da vicino, e io stessa ho studiato scienze dell'educazione all'università e ho avuto uno studente che ha portato una pistola a scuola. Leggere una storia su un'insegnante in una scuola svantaggiata, simile a quella in cui ho fatto il mi...

This reminded me of the movie "Lean on Me" with Morgan Freeman. Only Carolyn has to deal with a principal that is determined to make her quit. With so many school shootings this book really shed light on what teachers feel. The way that the author opened the book was dramatic, and she finished it up with a great love story. Carolyn is a character that I could relate to. She constantly had bad luck, and was unsure of her choices. She had great character development and by the end if the book, she...

I just love this book! While it does have romance, it is the first year of teaching that really drew me in. Most teachers go into the profession wanting to make a big difference. It is not as easy as it looks, and there is definitely not enough pay. The first year is the hardest no matter where you are, but to be in a struggling school like Carolyn is even harder. Kathleen Shoop brings this struggle to life, not to mention showing that teaching takes over one's life. Most teachers spend hours an...

La lettura di questo libro è stata piuttosto lenta per me. Mi è piaciuta molto la premessa della storia di **Love and Other Subjects** di **Kathleen Shoop**, ma mi sono bloccata in alcune parti della narrazione e ho avuto difficoltà a seguire la trama in certe aree. La relazione con Jeep è probabilmente ciò che mi sta rallentando davvero; sembra un po' inverosimile e messa insieme in fretta. Adoro le parti in cui lei insegna in classe. L'ho appena finito e il **romanzo** si è davvero ricomposto...

Quando ho iniziato a leggere Love and Other Subjects, mi ero preparato a qualcosa di leggero e spensierato, ma mi ha sorpreso a ogni pagina. Il dialogo interiore era interessante, divertente, arguto e ironico. Ma attraverso il percorso di Carolyn, fatto di dubbi e scoperta di sé, si percepisce la sua costante crescita, il suo avvicinarsi a capire esattamente chi è. Il suo amore per l'insegnamento e per i bambini traspare da ogni riga.Mi è piaciuto tantissimo leggere Love and Other Subjects, un r...

“Learning and Love 101…”In this latest work of Ms. Shoop, we are introduced to Carolyn Jenkins, who has taken a position at a school on the D.C/Maryland border, which is world’s apart from her teaching experience in Pittsburgh, Pa. She now has a class comprised of half fifth graders and half sixth graders. Just because their age denotes the class to which they are assigned, does not mean they are academically prepared for its challenges. Carolyn’s class is a wild mix of personalities, from the g...

She's Got Books on Her MindCarolyn has been teaching for two months and her dream of changing lives is crumpling beneath her. Her boss Mr. Klein breathes down her neck while her students constantly fight with one another. She starts wondering if becoming a teacher was a mistake. Compared to her best friends she is failing royally. Not only is her work life in shambles but her personal life too. She realizes that what her longtime boyfriend Alex wants she doesn't. She's known this for a while now...

It's her first year of teaching and things just aren't going well for Carolyn Jenkins. With a class full of kids who can barely read their own name and a principal who is out to get her, Carolyn is struggling. Also stuck in a relationship that should have ended long ago, Carolyn needs to make some changes. Then she meets a mysterious man and things really start to get crazy. Their relationship is filled with ups and downs, and things between her and her friends are becoming strained as well. Car...

From the first, I was attracted to the main character, Carolyn Jenkins. She’s in her mid-20s, smart (and smart-alecky!), hard-working, and as we soon learn, idealistic. All good characteristics for a new teacher. Unfortunately, like many new teachers, she has landed in a tough situation: a challenged school with a ridiculous administration. As Carolyn navigates her new career, new life and new love, we laugh and cry along with her. The book is well-written, with good dramatic tension. I was pull...