Teenage Boys and High School English

Foreword ix Deborah Appleman Acknowledgments xiii Why Bother? 1(8) Why Are They Like That? 9(13) Classroom Visit: Grade 11, Nonacademic 22(11) Wuss! Dealing with Feelings 33(18) Voodoo and Gibber-Jabber: Writing 51(25) I Have Better Things to Do: Reading 76(25) Classroom Visit: Grade 10, Academic 101(10) They Just Don't Listen! Speaking and Listening 111(15) Classroom Visit: Grade 9, Academic 126(7) An Infinity of Possibilities 133(12) Works Cited 145