To Sir With Love: A BBC Between the Covers Big Jubilee Read Pick
Sep 2013 · Random House
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**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**
'A milestone in the campaign for racial equality' Guardian
In 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin.
In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite attempts to instil discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately, to teach.
'Moving and inspiring' New York Times
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPS
'A milestone in the campaign for racial equality' Guardian
In 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin.
In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite attempts to instil discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately, to teach.
'Moving and inspiring' New York Times
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPS
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44 reviews
Pranav Setpal
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December 24, 2019
This has been the most boring book I have ever had to read thanks to my terrible school... Except for that, the quality and neatness in the way everything has been presented is good thanks to this leading company, Google... But since we are talking about the book in this review, I personally have not read a book so bad... The language used in this book is too(In India said) high-funda(difficult to understand) for me atleast
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Bonakele Boni
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August 19, 2019
this was the great book i've ever read. Amongst the books i came across, To Sir with love was the best
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Ali Wilkinson
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November 2, 2022
This book is very much of it's time but I can imagine it provided some challenging perspectives for white readers in the 50s.
About the author
E. R. Braithwaite was born 1920 in British Guiana and educated in British Guiana and the United States. He served in the R.A.F. His publications include To Sir with Love: Experiences While Teaching in a London School (1959); Paid Servant: A Report about Welfare Work in London (1962); A Kind of Home-Coming: A Visit to Africa (1963); A Choice of Straws (1965).
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