Edward Ricardo Braithwaite

Candidly describes the problems overcome by this Black teacher in teaching distrustful, rebellious teenagers in a London slum school

To Sir, with Love

E. R. Braithwaite

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPSIn 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. He is deeply shocked to realise that, as a black man from British Guiana, no one will employ him because of the colour of his skin. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers. With no experience or guidance, Braithwaite attempts to instill discipline, confound prejudice and ultimately, to teach.

To Sir with Love

Kritika Narula

never before has reality been laid bare in such magnificent form as this. covering multiple themes, the author has woven a masterpiece. A teacher, till date relishes this work with fanatic likeness and crazy obsession.

A MUST READ FOR THOSE IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION

To Sir, with love

one of grandmas books from the shelf ❤️

ophelia ross 

Cams Campbell

Satyangi Tiwari

When a woman refuses to sit next to him on the bus, Rick Braithewaite is saddened and angered by her prejudice. In post-war cosmopolitan London he had hoped for a more enlightened attitude. When he begins his first teaching job in a tough East End school the reactions are the same. Slowly and painfully some of the barriers are broken down. He shames his pupils, wrestles with them, enlightens them and eventually comes to love them. To Sir With Love is the story of a dedicated teacher who turns hate into love, teenage rebelliousness into self-respect, contempt into consideration for others - the story of a man's own integrity winning through against all the odds.

To Sir, with Love

Reviews

Highlights