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Why do we require so many contracts? Well, because we can no longer depend on someone's handshake to be their word. Our kids are learning that the 11th commandment is "Don't Get Caught. We cannot trust or believe, because we know that people will tell us anything we want to hear just to make inroads, to get out of trouble, or to make themselves into more than they really are. For me, I don't get it.
The truth is SO simple. If you lie, you are introducing complexity. You may be lying to cover something you shouldn't have done, but now you have twice the burden to deal with: I know there are pathological liars out there. I've been exposed to several, and they are the exception to the rule. But the "convenient" or "intentional" liars, I don't get. An intentional liar knows from the very first word that it will be necessary to track what is said.
A good liar must repeat a lie well. If we can't depend on the "truth," there's not much else we can believe in. Just a very stark, neutral telling of events. A young boy refuses to stand for the national anthem or refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance or something like that it's been awhile. The school wants to discipline him. He claims he has the right to not do it. But as the facts come to light, you see that the boy's defense m Avi is one of my favorite writers. But as the facts come to light, you see that the boy's defense may be a bit fabricated. It's really, really interesting.
More of the way the story is told. I had to read this book for summer reading. I heard from others who read it before that it is really, really bad and confusing. This was the only book that the teachers had for us, so I started reading it. This book really bored me and I hated how the poor teacher had to resign because of one student who just kept on exaggerating and partly lying to make other people dislike her.
I feel that this is just a waste of my time reading and for other students to read. Nov 09, Rebecca rated it really liked it. This was such a great, though provoking book. I read it right before the election, which seemed appropriate.
It just goes to show how easily the truth can get twisted. It's a sad story, but I am still thinking about it. I can't wait to discuss it with someone. It just goes to show why I love children's literature.
Oct 12, Jackson rated it did not like it. Feb 08, Ryan rated it it was amazing Shelves: I have loved this book since it first arrived in my Alaskan classroom via a Scholastic Book Order. The year was , and this was hot off the presses. I had to have it. While I was always a reader, Avi made me fall in love with reading.
It brought adventure, love, laughter. So much so I have loved this book since it first arrived in my Alaskan classroom via a Scholastic Book Order.
Is it the lack of money at the school. I can see how this book could make for some mighty lively classroom discussions. If ten months ago, said ex-boyfriend had responded honestly to my "are we going to see other people" question, this article would not have been published. References in periodicals archive? Administrators keep passing the buck.
This book is about patriotism and the right to sing the national anthem in school. It has so much more between the pages. This is at least my fourth reading of this book. I have read it with my kids book clubs twice. I have also had parents try to ban the reading of this book for being to political for children to handle.
Event today 27 years later it is relevant. Now as an adult I can see the sliding of history and the changing way we see things. Both from a childhood to an adulthood read, and a societal change. There was this cartoon in some newspaper or journal that I wish I would have kept. In both frames there is a classroom, a teacher, a student, and a set of parents. In frame one the parents are standing behind the teacher talking to the child about what is going on at school and that things better shape up. In frame two, which is supposed to represent a new generation, the parents are standing behind the child and placing the blame on the teacher for bad grades,discipline problems, or whatever was happening.
I was raised this way. Get in trouble in school, get it twice as bad at home. To me Nothing But The Truth shows how far back this switch between ideologies begins. A lot further back then I would have thought. Is it Miss Narwin?
Is it the parents? Is it the lack of money at the school. So much to talk about. So much that is still true today. Schools still do not have enough money.
People rally around news media stories that may only have one side. What is fake news. There are parts of this book that ages the story. But what would change today. Instead of a teleram, it would play out on social media. Maybe there would be Go Fund Me accounts set up for the parents, or the teacher to fight their side of the fight. The story and the themes found in this book are what make it current today. Without know how truely futuristic he was, Avi was writing a story of importance that resonates. If I was ever again to run into literally Avi in Wash Park true story , I would love to pick his brain.
How would he update his novel. How would he see this story 27 years later. Would he want to think about a modernization, or would it be just too depressing. Luckily for the current generation of kids, Avi continues to write. He continues to spin tales tall and outrageous. Tales from history, that make you want to know more. And tales that will become classics that you are ecstatic to share and pass on for generations.
Aug 02, Phil Jensen rated it really liked it. This is exactly how things go down- a student is uncomfortable about their academic performance, so they manufacture a fight about something unrelated. The next thing you know, the parents are screaming at administrators and you get called into the office to apologize to the family. It feels unfair, but "it's unfair" is the wrong lesson to take from this story.
At some point in my 16 years of teaching, I learned that reading students and communicating proactively are essential survival skills. It is part of my job to call a student's parents when they get less than a C in my class. It is part of my job to call home if a student seems upset about my class.
If I expect the school administrators to represent my perspective when talking to parents, then I will probably be disappointed. People only know what you tell them, so the parents are going to assume I'm insane unless I speak directly to them. Never engage in a battle of wills in front of a full classroom. Problem solve in the hallway or between classes. The more experience I get, the less eager I am to force students to read a particular book, no matter how good it is. This book should be required reading for anyone earning a Bachelor's in Education.
Nov 14, Madi Licious rated it did not like it. Ok so heres my review. It seriously was the shittiest book I have ever read. I would rather read the twilight series 3 times then read this shit again. Avi you have written dialogue before, correct? Well I never would have guessed that by the way this book has been going. Now lets go on to Phillip. This kid is such a fucking cocky little dick. Seriously I may be exaggerating but even if I am exaggerat Ok so heres my review.
Seriously I may be exaggerating but even if I am exaggerating that does not make him any less cocky. The shit this dude put Narwin through just because he got a well deserved D for being a smart ass. She obviously wanted to like him if this shitty little kid was making these comments I would have to be held the fuck back so I would slap the shit outta him. And then when everyone hates him he wonders why I just cant even with this kid Then the shit these people go through without even just setting the facts straight with maybe their own review but you know fuck that lets just let it go on.
You know its all good man Ok I don't even wanna go on with this review because. Nov 13, Jinny Lim rated it really liked it. This book shows 2 sides of 2 people that are "against" each other. It makes not be able to know which side to take. That's what I like about it.
It teaches that what you hear may not be the truth. Mar 23, Megan Gothard rated it it was amazing. It was a good book but at the end it was like the story didn't finish. Mar 23, Parker Rodgers rated it liked it. It was good but left at a "cliff hanger". Apr 24, Tasha'e Bell rated it liked it.
Have you ever had something that was so good at the beginning, than turned out to be a bust? Well that's what your going to get with Nothing But The Truth. NBTT is the tale of a boy named Phillip that gets into trouble multiple times with one of his teachers for being disruptive.
This turns into a patriotic battle between a teacher and the nation. The plot turns from good to bad which makes it an some what entertaining, okay read. NBTT has some strong points that I enjoyed. I like how the book ha Have you ever had something that was so good at the beginning, than turned out to be a bust? I like how the book has a certain patriotic feel with the radio stations and newspaper interviews. I liked how it seemed that Phillip knew that the situation had got out of hand.
I also liked how after Phillip first got suspended it seemed like Mrs. Narwin still wanted to keep teaching him even though newspapers were writing stories about her being unpatriotic because of him. However the book also had some points I didn't like. I didn't like how it seemed that the public didn't know the real reason why he was suspended. He wasn't suspended for humming the star spangled banner,but for being disruptive and refusing to stop. I also didn't like how the student body turned on Phillip instead of supporting him.
The students made jokes and poked fun at him. Some of them even made a petition to make him apologize to Mrs. These things made the book seem more fictional. The plot turns from good to bad which makes it a somewhat entertaining, okay read. To me this makes me think that to avoid situations from getting out of hand we should just apologize. Nov 13, Sara rated it it was ok. I'm really divided by this book. On the one hand, I think it opens up some really interesting questions about the power of gossip, hearsay, and ways in which the truth can easily be twisted and changed.
The "documentary" style of the book is definitely interesting, and opens up a lot of possible conversation. On the other hand, I found pretty much every character insufferable, I could not stand Phillip especially, and while he does end up being punished in the end, not nearly enough of a punishmen I'm really divided by this book.
On the other hand, I found pretty much every character insufferable, I could not stand Phillip especially, and while he does end up being punished in the end, not nearly enough of a punishment given the fact that he completely ruined a good teacher's life, and a teacher who was liked by most of his friends. It pissed me off how nobody was willing to do anything to right the wrongs or try to clear Miss Narwin's name, especially when it's made clear from the beginning that Phillip is a whiner who is just trying to piss off his teacher, and Miss Narwin, although perhaps a bit detached from the realities of her students, has good intentions, and is just trying to enforce a school rule and control an unruly, unmotivated, and obnoxious student.
I may have found Miss Narwin a bit stiff, but I don't think she even remotely deserved what she got. There may be little justice in life, but there doesn't seem to be any justice in this book - and in young adult literature, where a lesson should be learned, and kids are pretty easily led, I'd like to see a little more justice and sense of right and wrong in a book like this.
Aug 11, Lisa Rathbun rated it really liked it.
Sworn testimony is evidence given by a witness who has made a commitment to tell the truth. person may name a god recognised by his or her religion) that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In my memoir, "I Swear to tell the truth, the Whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth, So Help Me God" I expose the thoughts and feelings I experienced as I struggled over the past two years to make sense of a life shattered by childhood abandonment, neglect, and abuse.
As a teacher myself who has had students like Philip in my classes, I found this story an interesting and frustrating example of how easily things can get blown out of proportion. The student hummed during the anthem; the school rule said students were to listen in silence; the teacher tells the student to be quiet. What else is a teacher supposed to do? Well, bring in a resentful student with a bad attitude, defensive parents, unsupportive adminsitration, and sensationalist media and see what a As a teacher myself who has had students like Philip in my classes, I found this story an interesting and frustrating example of how easily things can get blown out of proportion.
Well, bring in a resentful student with a bad attitude, defensive parents, unsupportive adminsitration, and sensationalist media and see what a disgusting mess results. Some topics to discuss in the Christian school classroom - living with the consequences of your bad choices, the power of the tongue, the foolishness of judging too hastily before you hear the whole story, listening to the news with discernment and caution. I found the format of the book unusual and interesting. I did not like the last discussion. First read I got this book from the reading club in fifth grade. They blacked out the curse words with marker and even then, I found that completely hilarious.
I loved the way the book was set up through memos, phone conversations, and morning announcements. The epistolary framework was the only redeeming feature of this confusing book. The main character was a rotten teenager wh First read I got this book from the reading club in fifth grade. The main character was a rotten teenager who is insolent towards his teacher and it eventually blows up into an unnecessary scandal.
This story is not about politics or patriotism, just a snobby punk who won't behave.
When he was expected to come over for dinner or to watch a movie, he'd sometimes arrive promptly but then other times, he had a sudden attack of narcolepsy and couldn't be found until the next day. I am in my mid 30s. I have a career that is progressing well; I own my own place, have never been married and do not have any children. I am what some would consider "a hot commodity. That being said, we are both people who are old enough to know what we want out of life and therefore discussed that early on in the relationship. Being in your 30s, you know what the deal is in a relationship.
In fact, you have probably tried many different types of relationships by now and know what you want and what you can or cannot handle. Even if you are unwilling to say out loud "I don't want to ever be married; I'd rather play the field", you are still aware of that once the 40 year mark approaches. Discovering that the certain someone you love has been sharing his love around town is a hurtful, wounding feeling. When you have to look into the eyes of the "other woman" and hear her describe your man's work schedule as a tactical excuse can really mess with your mind.
Suddenly, you cannot decipher what is true from false. Suddenly, you start to question if everything you thought was true, ever truly happened. It's like your mind begins to tell you that you were foolish for believing in his words but yet your heart is still vouching for him because his representative is all it has truly known.
You are in a battle between heart and mind. Your memories of Sunday morning brunches, spending hours on the phone discussing trivial information and laughing about how no one else spends this much time talking about rabbits flood your mind. All of these recollections are suddenly cutting, jarring memories that make you feel duped.