Tererai TrentRezensionen

Book for primary or early intermediate. A young girl who grew up in a time where being a women and going to school wasn't possible. She didn't care she learned to read and write and then later became a teacher for her little town. Great book for history lesson in my classroom.

This autobiography recounts the author’s childhood in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and her dreams of education. After earning three degrees in the United States, she returns home to provide an education for young girls and boys. Dear Reader, Afterword

Wow! What an inspiring story! I was amazed by Dr. Trent's story of her country and growing up in Rhodesia. I have heard of her story, but I was not clear on everything that happened in her life. Her story is genuinely inspirational. A young girl who grew up in a rural town of Africa and wants to read so bad but girls are not allowed to go to school. She stands up says she has had enough that some girl needs to know how to read, so her brother teaches her. She learns to read, which unravels her journey of life extended education. She goes to a university in America, where she goes to receive her doctorate in teaching. In the end, she brings her learning back to her village and runs a school.

This book was about a little girl who defied the odds of her time. Girls didn't go to school, only the boys. But when her brother taught her to read everything changed. She started dreaming about going to school in America to get a degree or two or three and returning to her hometown to teach her village all she knows. It was a very inspiring and uplifting book and kids all over could benefit from it. Have dreams and set goals always, and achieve them, That's exactly what the little girl did.

A true story of a young girl, Dr. Tererai Trent, who is inspired to leave her small village in Rhodesia and move to the United States to attain her dream of higher education and returning to her village to teach children to read. It is near almost impossible not to be inspired by this story as Dr. Trent is told by her fellow villagers and by a social worker that her dreams are 'achievable'. Any child would be inspired by this story, as it paints a picture of someone who would not take no for an answer when it came to her dreams of making a difference in people's lives. A true hero in any sense of the word.

This biography of Tererai Trent starts off at the very beginning of her life, her birth. Tererai Trent was born in Zimbabwe, and part of their traditions is when a child is born, the "birth cord" is buried deep in the earth. Because Tererai Trent is a girl, she does not get to go to school and it is her job to stay at home with the other women and keep the house well made. Tererai Trent was born to a family of women who wanted her to get an education so she studied with her brother, and eventually she was let into the school to study with the men. Later on in Tererai Trent's life she made it to America where she attended college, and now has a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate dgree. Tererai Trent has made education a big part of her life, and has rebuilt the school in her birth country, the same school she attended as a child.

This was an inspiring story for young girls. She saw a problem at a young age and she made it her business to make a difference. That says a lot to a young girl reading this book in these times, still today! I think any child who read it though could be inspired to make a change within their society or even just with their family. This is definitely a book I would keep in my classroom library to let the students formulate their own opinion of this book cause I think it is important to not give my opinion on subjects like this.

This story is about a young girl from Rhodesia who dreams of receiving an education in America. In her village it was “impossible” at the time for women/young girls to receive education. This did not stop the young girl, as she learned from her brother’s school books. Later on as she gets older and becomes more educated, she learns that in America both men and women can learn freely. This inspires her to bury her dreams into the earth, inside of a tine can, as her mother tells her “trust the universe to honor your dreams”. She ends up traveling to American and receiving multiple degrees and returning to teach the children in her home village. I think this story is great because it inspires readers to keep working even if they’re situation may seem “impossible”.

Trent, the a famous woman who built a school in her poor village in 2014 to change the lives of many people epically children and advocated for the importance of education, writs the story of her childhood in Zimbabwe in this beautiful picture book. Though the girls in her village were not allowed to attend school because they had to cook, clean, and fetch water, as a child, Trent was not satisfied and she wanted to be educated to help her family because they needed someone to be their eyes to read and write for them. Her brother secretly helped her and taught her to read and write. One day when her brother’s teacher discovered Trent’s siblings in her brother’s homework, he asked her father to let her attend school. She attended school with her brother, and grew up and sent her own children to school. One day, Jo Luck from Heifer International visited her village and asked every woman about her greatest dream. Trent said she wanted to go to America and get a bachelor's degree, a master's, and eventually a PhD. Her mother encouraged her to write down these dreams, put the paper in a scrap of tin, and bury it; and she did that. Finally, with the support of the entire village, she achieved her dream of traveling to America. She successfully earned her master and PhD degrees, and also established a foundation to improve the lives a lot of children in rural Africa. In her author's note, she explained how school and books changed her live and showed her another world, "a magical place where malnutrition and violence were not part of daily reality." This book includes a really wonderful story for discussing the importance of education and literacy. The Soft watercolor paintings beautifully show the traditional life with small details that are lyrically described.

This book was very inspiring and influential to read. It is about a young girl from Rhodesia who desired to learn. Yet in Rhodesia it was impossible for girls to get educated because families were too poor to educate their children, especially girls. As the reader continues to dive into this book ,it shows the reader that everything is possible with perseverance. I would recommend this book to anyone whether they are young or old.

Growing up in Rhodesia, Tererai had few opportunities for education. She was a girl, and girls were needed at home for chores. Watching the boys go off to school, she longed to do the same. When her brother said he would teach her to read and write, he said it had to be a secret. When her brother’s teacher discovered their secret, she persuaded Tererai’s family to let her attend school and the girl’s dreams took flight. She wanted not just a college degree but also a masters and Ph.D. When Tererai told her mother her dreams, Mama’s advice was to write the dreams down and bury them in a can to let them grow. She also advised her daughter that the dreams would mean little unless she would give back to her people. When a visitor to her country suggested to Tererai that those dreams were achievable, it was all the young woman needed to hear. An afterword details Dr. Trent’s story and successes. Gilchrist’s expressive illustrations take readers into the culture and inside the characters’ emotions. Pair this biography with Wangari Maathai, and have students find the parallels in two powerful women’s lives.