Crazy Is Normal Book Review
Crazy Is Normal Book Review
From the very start, Crazy Is Normal caught my eye just by the title alone. Then I found out that it was a memoir from a teacher, and that sealed the deal. I had been so excited to read it, and was not disappointed. Then to find out that this book won an honorable mention at the ‘Southern California Book Festival’! made me very happy for Lloyd Lofthouse. Congratulations Mr. Lofthouse.
Crazy Is Normal is a great way to describe the setting in his classrooms. From what I remember in high school myself it was hardly normal for the entire class to listen, do their work, and get their homework turned in. The part of his day he loved the most was with his journalism students. He enjoyed that the students were motivated to work, very smart, and made him laugh. This was not like the freshman English students.
Being frustrated with teaching, feeling burnout, and fed up with the administration’s lack of realizing what is going on. These are still common issues in our schools today. If you are a teacher, you will be able to identify with Mr. Lofthouse and respect his passion to teach students the proper way to read and write.
I really enjoyed the fact that Lloyd Lofthouse kept a daily journal for one-full school year. Also that he used this journal as his main source of his memoir as a teacher.
Lofthouse takes his readers to the core of an inner-city high school located in Nogales, CA. This is a rough neighborhood with gang members, shootings by drive-by, not to mention poverty that many children had to endure.
I really enjoyed reading Crazy Is Normal, and would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading a memoir, is or was a teacher during their life, or just wants to read a good story.
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