| #844491 in Books | 2014-09-16 | 2014-09-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x1.00 x5.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 368 pages||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| A Must Read|By Peter Vogel|Long before the world heard of "Tiger Moms", there was Mr. K. Before "No Child Left Behind", there was Mr K. And before Jaime Escalante, there was Mr K. A man who believed that every child could succeed if they worked hard enough. A teacher who did not reward mere attempts or give faint praise. A man who knew that failure was a critical part of|From Publishers Weekly|Part biography of a beloved teacher and father, part memoir, the book's central character, music teacher Jerry Mr. K Kupchynsky, looms larger than life on the page—just as he did for journalist Lipman, one of Mr. K's violists, and Me
STRINGS ATTACHED is a powerful memoir about resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy, an inspiring and poignant tale of how one man transformed his own heartache into a legacy of joy for his students.
His students knew Jerry Kupchynsky as "Mr. K" - the fierce, foot-stomping Ukrainian-born music teacher who rehearsed them until their fingers almost bled, and who made them better than they had any right to be. Away from the classroom, though, life seem...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Strings Attached | Joanne Lipman, Melanie Kupchynsky. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
