%% Presentation about Teacher Man, a book by Frank McCourt

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\title{Presenting ``Teacher~Man''}
\author{Marek~Kubica}
\date{20.~September~2007}

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\frame{\titlepage}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Teacher.. what?}
  \begin{columns}[c]
    \column{0.5\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[height=8cm]{cover}
    \column{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{block}{``Teacher~Man'' by Frank~McCourt}
      \begin{itemize}
        \item memoir of the author's time as a teacher in the US
        \item 3\textsuperscript{rd} book of biographical series
        \item published 2005
        \item about 300 pages
      \end{itemize}
    \end{block}
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{So, who is Frank~McCourt?}
\begin{columns}[c]
  \column{0.5\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[height=8cm]{frank_mccourt_classroom}
  \column{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{block}{Frank~McCourt}
      \begin{itemize}
        \item born 1930 in Brooklyn, New~York
        \pause
        \item grew up in Limerick, Ireland
        \pause
        \item returned to America in 1949
        \pause
        \item taught for 30 years in New~York
        \pause
      \end{itemize}
    \end{block}
    \begin{block}{What's so important about him?}
        \begin{itemize}
          \pause
          \item First: nothing, just a teacher
          \item Teacher of the Year 1976, not too bad
          \pause
          \item Now: Pulitzer Prize, numerous other awards
        \end{itemize}
    \end{block}
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\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Everybody loves photos!}
  \includegraphics[height=80mm,width=110mm,clip]{frank_mccourt}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Ok, enough. Tell me about the book}
  \begin{block}{First days of career}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item 1\textsuperscript{st} day: nearly got fired because of eating
            pupil's sandwich
      \pause
      \item 2\textsuperscript{nd} day: nearly got fired because of telling
            strange stories about Ireland
      \pause
    \end{itemize}
  \end{block}
  \begin{block}{McCourt lessons}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item Telling about his miserable childhood in Ireland
      \item New methods of teaching
        \begin{itemize}
          \item Visualization of sentence as a pen
          \item Singing cooking recipes
          \pause
          \item ..imagine more of these..
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}  
  \end{block}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Topics covered in the book}

  \begin{block}{Subjects}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item English
      \item English as a Second Language
      \item Creative Writing
    \end{itemize}
  \end{block}

  \begin{block}{Personal}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item affair
      \item lack of ambitions
      \item failed to get a degree from Trinity College, Dublin
      \item short psychoanalytic treatment
      \item divorce
    \end{itemize}
  \end{block}
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\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Coming to an end}

  \begin{block}{The ending}
    The complete chapter 18:
    \pause
    \begin{quote}
      I'll try.
    \end{quote}
    This is the start of ``Angela's Ashes''
  \end{block}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Pretty depressing. Why did you choose that book?}
  \begin{itemize}
    \item read ``Angela's Ashes'', liked it
    \item was on reading of Frank~McCourt
    \item not too long, 300 pages is quite ok
    \item quite recent book, so understandable english
  \end{itemize}
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\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Nah. Bad choice!}
  Unfortunately, yes.
  \begin{block}{Reasons}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item not half as good as ``Angela's Ashes'', too few fun
      \item that period in Frank's life was rather boring
      \item 300 pages is too much if the book is uninteresting
    \end{itemize}
  \end{block}

  \begin{block}{Recommentations}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item Read ``Angela's Ashes''
      \item Watch the ``Angelas's Ashes'' movie
      \item Just forget about Frank~McCourt, ``Teacher~Man'' and all
            that
    \end{itemize}
  \end{block}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Where did you get that information?}
  \begin{block}{Sources}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item read book itself
      \item read ``Angela's Ashes`` also by Frank~McCourt
      \item ``Teacher~Man'' cover ripped from somewhere in the internet (Google
            Image search anyway)
      \item Same goes for the photograph of Frank~McCourt in the classroom
      \item Black\&white photograph taken from Wikimedia Commons
      \item Most facts about the author from Wikipedia
    \end{itemize}
  \end{block}
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\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Done!}
  That was all. Thanks for listening.
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