To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite. I meandered through the biography section of the library the last time I was there, and picked this up. I'd never read it before, which surprised Rich, who read it (and watched the movie) in high school.
It reminded me quite a bit of Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman, which I had picked up at a used book sale and read when I was in high school. Not too surprising, since they both concern teaching a class of initially unruly high-school students.
It was a fast read -- very much a story biography rather than a times and dates and places biography. It does leave you wondering about Braithwaite, and what he did after the events in the book.
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