Anton is now in his early fifties. He is married and father of two grown sons. Anton has recently celebrated his 20th year of teaching. He currently lives in California where he works in a special education program for Hispanic migrant children. What happened that year just happened. Keep yourself open to dreams. You never know where you will find them. Whitney is now in her early forties. She holds a doctorate in child psychology and has worked for many years as a private clinician.
That was a special year. We all came away from it changed people and although we have gone our separate ways in life, we have all remained connected through our experiences that year. My best wishes on this web site. I hope everyone who visits it enjoys it and comes away with a new appreciation for how meaningful life with these children can be.
Of the other children in the class, all are in their thirties. Freddie and Susannah Joy are unable to live independently or maintain jobs. Consequently both now live in institutional settings.
Sarah and William eventually made the transition to regular education and graduated from high school. Then it's not a question of patience because you're always in the moment; there's nothing to be patient about. Disappointment and despair don't often cross my path - although frustration can and does! One such time was finding out, as we do in Tiger's Child, that little changed immediately for Sheila after she left the class and that her intelligence is now being used to manage a fast-food franchise.
It's a lesson I've had to learn with my own daughter too. We [parents] are not there to make them into what we want but to guide them into becoming the best person they can be and it surprises me how often I catch myself out on that one with my daughter. I'm trying to make her into what I want, and to some degree I've had to pull back from doing the same thing with Sheila. Once we're talking about parenting techniques, it is but a short step to talking about programmes such as the House of Tiny Tearaways, where the parents, for all the problems they have with their kids, are far from neglectful or abusive.
Hayden blames the flower power generation's idea that children uncurbed by adults and society would blossom into beautiful, kind, creative beings when, of course, "what we've discovered is that they grow into self-absorbed little sods". In the meantime, no one was passing on any hard-won parenting knowledge, and so the chain of skills that once kept the anklebiters in order has been broken.
That, combined with the normal parental feelings of 'My God, I never want this poor little thing to cry' and no older generation to tell you it's OK if they do, makes it impossible. I've just come from Japan, where this kind of overparenting is a big issue because they now have such small families that it's easy to overmeet the child's needs.
Sheila Washington has died. Sheila has been forgotten by the system, her family, and society itself. She has been shuffled between relatives and institutions before landing in Torey Hayden's secluded annex classroom. The Tiger's Child From the bestselling author of One Child comes this incredible, true story of the six-year-old girl who touched the hearts of millions--and the courage of one teacher who would not give up on her. Its about how those memories cut up wounds in your soul and how change your perspective of the world you know and the people you love.
It is about the view of the world at different stages of life, from childhood, teenage, adulthood and more. It is about betrayal, it is about hurt, it is about acceptance, it is about growth and love. And somehow, once you are in the book, it get hard to get out. These people are real and so are their stories. And you find yourself happy when they are happy and hurt when they are hurt. The language of the book and its simplicity is beautiful and enchantingly knowledgeable. It makes you wonder, makes you think.
And this all with me still not have finished the book yet. Having come to ends of this book, I want more. It leaves you for more. I fact to all the events in the book are that they are all real.
Those wonderful people are real, beautiful. All in all it is, indeed, I would recommend others to read and enjoy. Now this was an interesting book, following on from Torey Hayden's earlier true life book, called One Child. It's about the same girl as in One Child, a gifted and exceptional girl called Sheila. Except that in this book Sheila has grown up and she did not see her past life the same as Torey had done. Torey worked with maladjusted kids who had had awful lives.
She sounds like a concerned, committed teacher. This book describes how when she meets "Sheila" the girl has turned into an interesting a Now this was an interesting book, following on from Torey Hayden's earlier true life book, called One Child. This book describes how when she meets "Sheila" the girl has turned into an interesting adolescent, but her life conceals dark secrets and she is full of pain.
She tests Torey to the limit and Torey is forced to confront the fact that her approach to SHeila's life and problems was way too glib. I liked reading the book and thought it was well written. But of course names and details have been changed. And, also, let's face it there is something a wee bit creepy about using someone else's sad life to sell your books. I checked out Torey's website and it turns out Sheila seems reasonably happy now so perhaps she didn't mind Torey writing about her.
I'm not sure I'll be reading any more books like this. I believe they are called "Misery Memoirs" and maybe I do not approve that much of them.
That's why I only gave it 4 stars instead of the 5 it deserves if you take readablility and quality of writing into account. I can't go over it, I can't go under it, I can't go around it. I've been trying all of them. So I better go through it. Accepting, forgiving and then letting go. I think I can accept. I think Ivan even forgive, but I've been wondering and wondering about letting go. Trying to figure out what 'letting go' entails, and all I can think of is that it means living your life forward.
Starting to think of the future more than the past. It's just so heartwarming to see the length to which a teacher goes in her kind of situation and profession. Equally sad to know the trauma of a growing child the life she is going through And the way she understands each situation, the way she analyses her own behaviour helped by the teacher is kind of eye-opening lessons of life even for a normal person.
The role of a teacher so perfectly played, epitome of a guiding light, not too involved not peripheral but just perfect and with a commitment unmatched of An excellent read for all, and especially for people connected to children, people connected to education!
The first half was very thought-provoking. It's hard to understand why some people have a bad childhood and life in general. And why they experience all the bad things, one after another. There is so much unequality in this world. The first half had still hope and the fact that Sheila was just a little girl in it made her seem brave and happy which she was, at least sometimes. She was brave even tho she had gone through terrible things.
And the 3 stars because this book was hard to read at times. And the second half was not as good and it was definitely even more serious and also depressive. Sheila was a teenager in it and all the bad things she had experienced had affected her in the long run.
And they will always affect her life. But she was still alive, she survived. And a big part of that is because Torey Hayden gave her the love she had never really received. I appreciate Hayden's work. I cried while reading this book which does not happen often. This was terrible, thought-provoking, sad and happy but still full of hope.
I think it's a book that will haunt me long time after finishing it. It's hard for me to put all my thoughts in to the words so I'll just leave this here. I would recommend this book if you are able to read about hard topics. And the fact that this is a true story made the reading experience even stronger. She isn't just valuable, she's incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden. I was just wandering around the mall killing some time before I meet my friend when I decided to enter a bookstore but promised myself to just only browse and never buy a book since my money was running low.
It crashed my pocket to see the second book but I still bought it eyes closed. I'm so happy now I bought it because Torey is probably my new hero writer. I love reading her books. I'm also so glad Torey decided to write a sequel to One's Child after what 15years..?
It gives the story of Sheila a fulfilling ending. It should be included in schools reading. Long live Torey!
I read this book right after One Child, and I recall initially being kinda depressed by it. I was so sad that all the effort the teacher put into that child when she was little didn't have a better effect, sooner, in her life.
Also, the teacher-cum-therapist had a totally inappropriate relationship with the child as she grew older, and I was subtly bothered by that, too. You know that she was doing all of those things from a good place in her heart, but she got too involved And I think that' I read this book right after One Child, and I recall initially being kinda depressed by it.
And I think that's one of the good things about the book, too. It shows that people do things just because they are good things to do, and that the line between black and white isn't always so clear. It is wonderful that the child grew up and made a life that she wanted, even if it wasn't as prestigious as Torey, or I, would have chosen for her. It is a book that doesn't sit easily with me, but I think it does serve as a reminder about the rewards and difficulties in trying to make a difference in someone's life.
Was nooFrom a homicidal six year old to a successful businesswoman was not an easy transition. Placed in Torry Hayden's class for the most disturbed children, Sheila was just waiting for a bed in the children's psychiatric hospital after tying up a 3year old boy and setting him on fire, though he was rescued, injured but surviving.
Torry found in Sheila a brilliant mind in the body of a 6 year old who had been abandoned by her mother, neglected by her substance abusing father, who brought men ho Was nooFrom a homicidal six year old to a successful businesswoman was not an easy transition.
Torry found in Sheila a brilliant mind in the body of a 6 year old who had been abandoned by her mother, neglected by her substance abusing father, who brought men home who abused her terribly. Torry had such hope for Sheila's future she was able to keep her out of the mental institution.
Shortly after that, the program Torry was working for closed. Torry arranged for Sheila to skip a grade and go into a teacher friends class for the next year. Torry expected Sheila to continue to thrive. She moved away to graduate school , then joined a private practice clinic. Torry lost touch with Sheila until she was Things were not as Torr hoped. Follow Sheila as she moves in and out of Torey',s life. Feb 18, Meagan rated it really liked it.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is sectioned into 3 parts. Part One recounts the story of Sheila's younger years as told in One Child. Those familiar with the previous book can skim this section if desired, as some seems to be written verbatim. Part Two explores the reunification of our main subjects in Sheila's early teen years.
We discover that Sheila does not recall their previous time together as Torey does. This causes an internal struggle for the author, as she finds her memories challenged. Part Three deals wit This book is sectioned into 3 parts.
Part Three deals with Sheila's mid-to-late teen years and her struggle with both her past and her future. I quite enjoyed the letters to Sheila's unknown mother interspersed through the narrative of this section, adding to the tension of Sheila's decisions about her future.
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