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Critically-acclaimed children's book, 'The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell,' is dedicated to author's 4th-grade teacher at PS 54


Critically-acclaimed children’s book, ‘The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell,’ is dedicated to author’s 4th-grade teacher at PS 54
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 07, 2021
The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell, by Staten Island native, Jordan Sonnenblick. (Staten Island Advance/Dr. Gracelyn Santos)
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hilarious middle-grade true story that chronicles the misadventures and quest of fourth-grader Jordan as he tries to find his place in the world.
Sonnenblick derived inspiration for this critically-acclaimed memoir from his fourth-grade teacher, Miss Tuff (Elizabeth Tuff Duffy, who retired in 2001, after teaching for 38 years), who completely changed his life and to whom the book is dedicated. ....

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So he let the cafeteria worker go to alert the rest of the school. and so then it became just me and michael in the office again. i was terrified on the inside but i know if i kept him there with me, it was a likelihood that no other one would actually get hurt. i called miss tuff and i said, miss tuff, tell me what s going on. she said everything was fine, we re having a wonderful day. i knew the threat was in the building. as police started mobilizing inside the scho outside the s miss tuff stop all movement on the ground. are you talking to the shooter. that s what he s telling me to tell him on the radio. a call that would be her life line. he said he don t care if he die, he don t have nothing to live for. he said he s not mentally ....

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Transcripts for CNN Extraordinary People 20131231 05:04:00

School. and so then it became just me and michael in the office again. i was terrified on the inside. i know that if i kept him there with me, it was a likelihood that no other one would actually get hurt. i called miss tuff. i said, miss tuff, tell me what s going on. she said, everything is fine. we are having a great day here. have a good day. i knew at that point the threat was in the building. as police started mobilizing outside the school, inside hill forced antoinette tuff to call 911. stop all movement on the ground. stop all movement on the ground. you are talking to the shooter? he s telling me to tell them on the radio. a call that would be her life line. he said he don t care if he die. he don t have nothing to live for. and he said he s not mentally stable. on the 911 call, you do sound remarkably calm. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Extraordinary People 20131229 01:04:00

So he let the cafeteria worker go to alert the rest of the school. and so then it became just me and michael in the office again. i was terrified on the inside. i know that if i kept him there with me, it was a likelihood that no other one would actually get hurt. i called miss tuff. i said, miss tuff, tell me what s going on. she said, everything is fine. we are having a great day here. have a good day. i knew at that point the threat was in the building. as police started mobilizing outside the school, inside hill forced antoinette tuff to call 911. stop all movement on the ground. stop all movement on the ground. you are talking to the shooter? he s telling me to tell them on the radio. a call that would be her life line. he said he don t care if he die. he don t have nothing to live for. and he said he s not mentally stable. on the 911 call, you do sound remarkably calm. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Extraordinary People 20131220 03:04:00

To go behind the count we are me. he didn t do. that he moved kind of slowly. it agitated him. and so for him to show authority, he fired the first shot to let him know he wasn t playing. hill wanted everyone to know he was ready to shoot anyone who got in his way. so he let the cafeteria worker go to alert the rest of the school. and so then it became just me and michael in the office again. i was terrified on the inside. i know that if i kept him there with me, it was a likelihood that no other one would get hurt. i called miss tuff. she said everything is fine. we are having a great day here. have a great day and hung up. i knew he was inside the building. police started hoeblizing, inside, hill forced antoiioinet ....

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