Juneteenth Closure
City of Littleton offices and facilities, including the Littleton Museum, the Municipal Court, and Bemis Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in observance of Juneteenth

Adventure Begins at your Library!
Discover Summer Reading at Bemis

All day: a year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids at Rikers Island

Book Cover
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for All day

Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Publication Date:
2017
Language:
English

Description

"ALL DAY is a behind-the-bars, personal glimpse into the issue of mass incarceration via an unpredictable, insightful and ultimately hopeful reflection on teaching teens while they await sentencing. Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, ALL DAY recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill-prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths. For the first time faced with full days teaching the rambunctious, hyper, and fragile adolescent inmates, "Ms. P" comes to understand the essence of her predominantly Black and Latino students as she attempts not only to educate them, but to instill them with a sense of self-worth long stripped from their lives. "I have quite a spirited group of drama kings, court jesters, flyboy gangsters, tricksters, and wannabe pimps all in my charge, all up in my face, to educate," Peterson discovers. "Corralling this motley crew of bad-news bears to do any lesson is like running boot camp for hyperactive gremlins. I have to be consistent, alert, firm, witty, fearless, and demanding, and most important, I have to have strong command of the subject I'm teaching." Discipline is always a challenge, with the students spouting street-infused backtalk and often bouncing off the walls with pent-up testosterone. Peterson learns quickly that she must keep the upper hand-set the rules and enforce them with rigor, even when her sympathetic heart starts to waver. Despite their relentless bravura and antics-and in part because of it-Peterson becomes a fierce advocate for her students. She works to instill the young men, mostly black, with a sense of pride about their history and culture: from their African roots to Langston Hughes and Malcolm X. She encourages them to explore and express their true feelings by writing their own poems and essays. When the boys push her buttons (on an almost daily basis) she pushes back, demanding that they meet not only her expectations or the standards of the curriculum, but set expectations for themselves-something most of them have never before been asked to do. She witnesses some amazing successes as some of the boys come into their own under her tutelage. Peterson vividly captures the prison milieu and the exuberance of the kids who have been handed a raw deal by society and have become lost within the system. Her time in the classroom teaches her something, too-that these boys want to be rescued. They want normalcy and love and opportunity"--

Also in This Series

More Like This

More Copies In Prospector

Loading Prospector Copies...

More Details

ISBN:
9781455570911
9781478975021
9781455570904
9781478974109

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Tagging

Tags:

No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!


Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work IDff0121eb-bfe2-f418-818c-8a0b9edd3ee7
Grouping Titleall day a year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids at rikers island
Grouping Authorliza jessie peterson
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-06-16 20:48:33PM
Last Indexed2024-06-16 20:56:00PM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Peterson, Liza Jessie
author
Peterson, Liza Jessie
author2-role
Peterson, Liza Jessie,reader
hoopla digital
author_display
Peterson, Liza Jessie
available_at_bemis
Online OverDrive Collection
detailed_location_bemis
Online OverDrive Collection
display_description
"ALL DAY is a behind-the-bars, personal glimpse into the issue of mass incarceration via an unpredictable, insightful and ultimately hopeful reflection on teaching teens while they await sentencing. Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, ALL DAY recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill-prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths. For the first time faced with full days teaching the rambunctious, hyper, and fragile adolescent inmates, "Ms. P" comes to understand the essence of her predominantly Black and Latino students as she attempts not only to educate them, but to instill them with a sense of self-worth long stripped from their lives. "I have quite a spirited group of drama kings, court jesters, flyboy gangsters, tricksters, and wannabe pimps all in my charge, all up in my face, to educate," Peterson discovers. "Corralling this motley crew of bad-news bears to do any lesson is like running boot camp for hyperactive gremlins. I have to be consistent, alert, firm, witty, fearless, and demanding, and most important, I have to have strong command of the subject I'm teaching." Discipline is always a challenge, with the students spouting street-infused backtalk and often bouncing off the walls with pent-up testosterone. Peterson learns quickly that she must keep the upper hand-set the rules and enforce them with rigor, even when her sympathetic heart starts to waver. Despite their relentless bravura and antics-and in part because of it-Peterson becomes a fierce advocate for her students. She works to instill the young men, mostly black, with a sense of pride about their history and culture: from their African roots to Langston Hughes and Malcolm X. She encourages them to explore and express their true feelings by writing their own poems and essays. When the boys push her buttons (on an almost daily basis) she pushes back, demanding that they meet not only her expectations or the standards of the curriculum, but set expectations for themselves-something most of them have never before been asked to do. She witnesses some amazing successes as some of the boys come into their own under her tutelage. Peterson vividly captures the prison milieu and the exuberance of the kids who have been handed a raw deal by society and have become lost within the system. Her time in the classroom teaches her something, too-that these boys want to be rescued. They want normalcy and love and opportunity"--
format_bemis
Book
eAudiobook
eBook
format_category_bemis
Audio Books
Books
eBook
id
ff0121eb-bfe2-f418-818c-8a0b9edd3ee7
isbn
9781455570904
9781455570911
9781478974109
9781478975021
itype_bemis
Adult book
Adult non-fiction
Book
last_indexed
2024-06-17T02:56:00.648Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_bemis
Online OverDrive
owning_library_bemis
Bemis Public Library Online
owning_location_bemis
Online OverDrive Collection
primary_isbn
9781455570911
publishDate
2017
publisher
Center Street
Hachette Audio
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
Criminology
Education
Electronic books
Juvenile delinquents -- Education -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island
Nonfiction
Peterson, Liza Jessie
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
Writing
title_display
All day : a year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids at Rikers Island
title_full
All Day : A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island [electronic resource] / Liza Jessie Peterson
All Day A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island
All day : a year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids at Rikers Island / Liza Jessie Peterson
All day [electronic resource] : A year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids at rikers island. Liza Jessie Peterson
title_short
All day
title_sub
a year of love and survival teaching incarcerated kids at Rikers Island
topic_facet
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Criminology
Education
Educators
Juvenile delinquents
Minority Studies
Nonfiction
Personal Memoirs
Peterson, Liza Jessie
Rehabilitation
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
Urban
Writing

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocationCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
overdrivecmc:ODN0002946664ODN0002946664Overdrive (CMC)Online Overdrive (CMC)eBookeBook1falsetrueOverdrive (CMC)http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=162&titleID=2946664Available OnlineOverdrive (CMC)
ils:.b5433309x.i109820642Pitkin County Library365 P4851falsefalseOn ShelfAug 29, 2017pc
ils:.b5433309x.i110258630MCPLD Central Non-Fiction365 P485a1falsefalseOn ShelfFeb 12, 2023mpmnf
ils:.b5433309x.i109875783SRL Adult Nonfiction365.666 PET1falsefalseOn ShelfFeb 23, 2023srnf
hoopla:MWT16000668Online Hoopla CollectionOnline HooplaeAudiobookAudio Books1falsetrueHooplahttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15790416?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435Available Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf15Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf18Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf112Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf133Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf118Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf136Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf111Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf13Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf11Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf137Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf17Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf14Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf130Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf19Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf121Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf123Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf114Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf16Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf119Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf1-1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf120Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf127Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf110Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf135Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf117Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf115Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf116Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook0falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
overdrivecmc:ODN0002946664eBookeBookEnglish20171 online resource
ils:.b5433309xBookBooksEnglishCenter Street2017xii, 243 pages ; 24 cm
hoopla:MWT16000668eAudiobookAudio BooksUnabridgedEnglishHachette Audio20171 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 30 min.)) : digital.
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf1eBookeBookEnglishCenter Street2017

scoping_details_bemis

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
ils:.b5433309x.i109820642On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
ils:.b5433309x.i110258630On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
ils:.b5433309x.i109875783On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
hoopla:MWT16000668Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruefalsefalsefalsefalse
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf136Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
overdrive:6364058d-1230-43ba-9594-3769609e3bf1-1Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse