Download or read book A Life In School written by Jane Tompkins and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-10-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: sroom and discovers how much of what she learned there needs to be unlearned. A painful and exhilarating story of spiritual awakening, Tompkins' book critiques our educational system, while also paying tribute to it.