{"title":"Bruce Beryl Fisher","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"taking-the-short-bus-teacher-i-need-you-hardcover","title":"Taking the Short Bus: Teacher, I Need You - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking place in and out of the city of Philadelphia, between the years of 1974-75, Taking the Short Bus - Teacher, I Need You - is a comedy\/drama about eighteen-year-old Eric Blum's trials and tribulations from dyslexia and an emotional breakdown after his brother was killed in Vietnam in 1969, and his anticipation from graduating from Noah Webster Preparatory. A school in the suburbs of Cheltenham Pennsylvania for special needs. Only if he can prove to the school authorities and his psychologist -Dr. Goldman- that he is emotionally, and academically capable to file back into society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo prove himself worthy for graduation, Eric finds himself after school jobs either as an usher at a movie theater, spinning records at local dances for a locally famous disc-jockey or working with the changeover crew at the Philadelphia Spectrum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric finds himself madly in love with his history teacher - Carole Schor - and things get too close for comfort, willing to leave his family and friends for her. Carole tries to explain to Eric numerous of times that she sees him in only two ways, as his teacher and a trusted friend outside of school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate schools for special needs don't always agree with the teaching philosophies of public schools or the excuses of ADD or ADHD but accept the fact that some people just think outside the box, no matter what color or size school bus they traveled on. Those kids who rode in that short yellow bus should not have to be ashamed or embarrassed. And those people who tormented them should realize these children weren't \"retarded\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363189821663,"sku":"9798885903110","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZlAwelhmNmUyZWRUelhhSWQ3Wm5xUT09.webp?v=1782071578"},{"product_id":"taking-the-short-bus-teacher-i-need-you-paperback","title":"Taking the Short Bus: Teacher, I Need You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, eighteen-year-old Eric Blum is assumed to be in his last year as a student at Noah Webster Preparatory, a school for special needs kids in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Eric had suffered from dyslexia and an emotional breakdown after his brother was killed in Vietnam. Eric must prove to the school psychologist, Dr. Goldman, and the authorities that he is now academically and emotionally stable enough to graduate. Otherwise, he will be placed back into twelfth grade, but in a public school, to academically catch up to take the SAT and qualify for college. Meanwhile, Eric finds himself falling in love with his history teacher, Carole Schor. At Webster, Carole sees Eric only in two ways, as one of her students and a trusted friend outside school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday people pass by an overgrown institution that did not always agree with the teaching philosophies of public schools or the excuses of ADD or ADHD, but accepted the fact that some people just think outside the box, no matter what color or size school bus they travel on. Those kids who rode the short yellow bus should not be ashamed or embarrassed. And those people who tormented them should realize those children weren't \"retarded.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363189952735,"sku":"9798885903127","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/UmpnaWtCWGlIYkF5VWc0VDJJV1FaZz09.webp?v=1782071579"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/bruce-beryl-fisher.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}