Hold Fast to Dreams A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty |
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| Author:
| Zasloff, Beth
Steckel, Joshua |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59558-904-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | New Press, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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When Joshua Steckel left his job as a private school college counselor on New York City's Upper East Side to work at a public high school in Brooklyn, he discovered that for low-income students, the competitive game of college admissions has entirely different rules and much higher stakes. Mike writes his personal essays from a homeless shelter and struggles with both his longing to get away and his guilt at the thought of leaving his family in desperate circumstances.
When Joshua Steckel left his job as a private school college counselor on New York City's Upper East Side to work at a public high school in Brooklyn, he discovered that for low-income students, the competitive game of college admissions has entirely different rules and much higher stakes. Mike writes his personal essays from a homeless shelter and struggles with both his longing to get away and his guilt at the thought of leaving his family in desperate circumstances.