Kathleen Dell'arena Schnorr

Gebundenes Buch

The Story Of...Silent Jimmy Anest

Beschreibung

If you are interested in ways to face challenges, persevere when presented with obstacles, perceive effort as necessary, learn from criticism, and are motivated by the success of others, this book will inspire you to be all you can be. Silent Jimmy Anest lived with deafness, but despite himself, became a professional boxer, and successful businessman even though he faced personal troubles and discrimination in the hearing world.

Autor

Kathleen Dell'Arena Schnorr is a Doctor of Education with a concentration in Organizational Leadership. She dedicated her dissertation on growth mindset to her late grandfather "Silent Jimmy Anest," a deaf boxer in NYC during the 1940s, who inspired her to press on in times when things were hard, and to whom this book is about. Kathleen is a veteran educator and specializes in language arts and teaching students who are deaf and hard of hearing. She considers herself a life-long learner and was recently accepted into the American Sign Language program at Gallaudet University. Kathleen is an accomplished writer and resides in New York with her husband, Joey and daughter, Kayleen. For fun she plays the piano, tap dances, travels like her granddad, and is an advocate of deaf awareness, culture. community, and American Sign Language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781667847139
• ISBN-10: 1667847139
• Artikelnr.: 64199065