{"title":"Stephen Haff","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"still-waters-in-a-storm-the-one-room-school-where-everyone-listens-to-everyone-paperback","title":"Still Waters in a Storm: The One-Room School Where Everyone Listens to Everyone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreviously published as Kid Quixotes, the unlikely, inspiring true story of a one-room school where children of undocumented immigrants and their teacher unlock the revolutionary power of listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haff paints a picture of what education in America could and perhaps should be. His story is passionately honest, profoundly open-minded, and suffused with optimism, and his writing is crisp and clear and persuasive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill Waters in a Storm is an after-school program held in a small room in Bushwick, Brooklyn; it is a place for kids to practice reading and writing in English, Spanish, and Latin. For the students, many living in constant fear of deportation, Still Waters is a refuge. For Stephen Haff, a former public-school teacher, it is the sanctuary he built following a breakdown caused by bipolar depression. At Still Waters, all agreed that there would only be one rule: \"Everyone listens to everyone.\" And this has unlocked spectacular potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 2016, the students have been collectively translating Don Quixote into English, taking the Spanish tale--a story about a dreamer who never gives up--and adapting it into a bilingual musical. Six-year old Sarah tells of her mother's journey across the desert from Mexico riding on the back of a tiger. Alex, a very private teenager, sings her coming out song to standing ovations. As the kids perform their work across NYC, they learn that they belong in this country--their voices amplifying to deliver a message of diversity, love, hope, and resilience essential to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unforgettable memoir of mutual rescue explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Power of Listening: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover how the simple rule \"Everyone listens to everyone\" created a refuge for students and a path to recovery for their teacher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEducation Reform in Action: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness a radical approach to learning as immigrant children in Bushwick translate \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e into a bilingual musical, finding their own voices in a 400-year-old story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Raw Mental Health Journey: \u003c\/b\u003e A searingly honest account of a teacher's breakdown from bipolar depression and how building a sanctuary for others became the key to saving himself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eInspiring Immigrant Stories: \u003c\/b\u003e From six-year-old Sarah's tale of a tiger in the desert to a teenager's brave coming-out song, these are the unforgettable stories of resilience and belonging in modern America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67962595279071,"sku":"9780062934079","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RGfDPN8SkY9780062934079.webp?v=1791694316"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/stephen-haff.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}