Sep 17 2007
“Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton” (Rebroadcast)
A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
GUEST: Sarah Sentilles, author of “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton”
We spend the hour today speaking with Sarah Sentilles, who wrote down her memoirs of two years in Compton, Southern California. She was teaching elementary school there. After graduating from Yale University, Sarah joined a program called Teach for America and was sent to Compton. Far from the life of privilege and the protected environment she was raised in, she found herself in charge of thirty-six first graders in a classroom without books. There she experienced her own education. I spoke with Sarah Sentilles recently and asked her to begin by reading an excerpt of her book, “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton.”
2 Responses to ““Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton” (Rebroadcast)”
Sarah Sentilles mentioned on the show this morning that there would be a book reading in Long Beach. Do you know where and when the book reading will be held?
Hi Thomas, today’s program was a rebroadcast.