How to Take an Exam...and Remake the World - Hardcover

Ollman, Bertell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1551641712 ISBN 13: 9781551641713

Publisher: Black Rose Books, 2001

Synopsis

Who are you kidding? No one is completely satisfied with the grades they get on exams or with the life that comes along with it. This book explains why, shows how the two are related, and--with the help of stories, jokes, cartoons, games, myths, statistics, pop quizzes, personal anecdotes, generally hidden facts, practical advice, some analysis, and a dash of theory--tells you what you can do to ring the bell on exams and in life. No kidding!

Authored by a famous professor who reveals the inner secrets of his trade, How to Take an Exam... interplays two totally disparate subjects, then brings them together in a revealing indictment of `higher' education and the world it produces. A delightful tour de force that entertains while it educates.

Funny, serious, practical, impractical, a delight to read. - Howard Zinn, Boston University

A delighful tour de force that entertains while it educates...An invaluable tool both for taking exams and examining society. - Dr. Michael Parenti, noted author and lecturer

No student can afford to be without How To Take an Exam...don't miss this book, if you want to learn how to beat the system, that is the exam system as well as the political one. - Prof. James O'Connor, University of California, Santa Cruz

Humerous, scary and angry...The tips Ollman offers about examinatons are flawless, and the wisdom he presents about political economy communicates by anecdote and example rather than by programmatic analysis. - Prof. Andrew Ross, New York University

A wonderful combination of Oxford scholarship, Marxist insight, Jewish humor, and revolutionary pedagogy. Ollman at his best. - Michael Savas, University of Athens

Ollman has done it again! He's brought together radical scholarship and a hilarious sense of humor to produce this unique book. - Ira Shor, City University of New York

Bertell Ollman, winner of the 1st Charles McCoy Life Time Acheivement Award of New Political Science from the American Political Science Association (2001), has authored many books, among which is Social and Sexual Revolution: Essays on Marx and Reich (Black Rose Books: 1978). He is currently teaching at New York University in the Department of Politics.

2001: 216 pages, 70 cartoons, bibliography and index

About this title

Synopsis

Just as in tough neighbourhoods, where people have to become street-wise in order to survive, so the university environment contains its own set of dangers. HOW TO TAKE AN EXAM...AND REMAKE THE WORLD help readers to become exam-wise. The traps in the academic sector may be different to the ghetto but the need for a cool appraisal of the dangers involved, knowing how those in charge think, sensing the options, and above all, the importance of good timing is not, especially for those who want to survive in the long term. This is a truly unique book. In letting readers in on the secret of exams, Bertell Ollamn also tried to make them street-wise to the education system as a whole, because as he says himself "It isn't smart to put all your efforts into gaining access to a building that is even now falling down about your ears." Ollman employs his trademark humour to bring together practical advice on exam-taking and radical scholarship in his analysis of the citadel of higher education.

About the Author

Jonathan Birnbaum is the editor of "Racial Profiling" (forthcoming) and the co-editor of "Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on the Black Struggle" (also available from NYU Press). His work has appeared in the "Guardian, " "New Politics, Socialism and Democracy, New Political Science, " and other publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551641712
• ISBN 13: 9781551641713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216