I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza

Tony in “Who’s the Boss?” becomes a teacher. If you look at my acting work, so many of the roles involve being a teacher. Tony: For me, teaching was the road not taken. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Ī Conversation Between Authors Erin Gruwell and Tony DanzaĮrin Gruwell, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Freedom Writers Diary (basis of the Hillary Swank film “Freedom Writers”), talks to Tony Danza about his new book I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had.Įrin: Your book about teaching high school English for a year is so endearing. The book also makes vivid how a modern high school works, showing Tony in a myriad of roles – from lecturing on To Kill a Mockingbird to “coaching” the football team to organizing a talent show to leading far-flung field trips to hosting teacher gripe sessions.Ī surprisingly poignant account, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but is mostly filled with hard-won wisdom and feel-good tears. Danza’s” showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the hot seat.įeaturing indelible portraits of students and teachers alike, I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had reveals just how hard it is to keep today’s technologically savvy – and often alienated - students engaged, how impressively committed most teachers are, and the outsized role counseling plays in a teacher’s day, given the psychological burdens many students carry.

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High - Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3600 students.Įntering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack.

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza