02624cam a2200397 a 4500 105149 20230410143426.0 091130s2010 nyu 000 0aeng 15999993 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2009050136 9781591843450 (OCoLC)ocn456171704 DLC DLC BTCTA C#P BWX YDXCP BUR LMR CDX DLC n-us--- n-us-ca F866.4.P65 P758m 2010 979.4/053 22 371.1/0092 22 Poizner, Steve, 1957- Mount Pleasant : my journey from creating a billion-dollar company to teaching at a struggling public high school / Steve Poizner. New York : Portfolio, c2010. xiv, 240 p. ; 24 cm. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur takes on the challenge of a lifetime: teaching in one of California's toughest high schools. Entrepreneur Steve Poizner had run a billion-dollar company, but the greatest challenge of his life was the year he spent teaching twelfth graders at San Jose's Mt. Pleasant High School. On many days, his managerial and entrepreneurial skills seemed irrelevant. But on others, they helped him demonstrate how exciting it is to learn. Poizner motivated his students by expanding their horizons far beyond their high school's walls. Steve Poizner is currently (2010) a candidate for governor of California and on the verge of becoming a household name. But this is a memoir of a personal journey, not a point-by-point account of his vision for his state. Poizner writes, "Often I came to ask myself one question: What exactly are you doing here? As it turns out, I was receiving one hell of an education."--From publisher description. Prologue: Why are you here? -- Entrepreneur or bust -- A foot in the classroom door -- Square peg -- Will the kids buy it? -- Killer material -- Turnaround strategies meet the classroom -- What can I do? -- They all deserve better -- Graduation day arrives -- Epilogue: Just getting started. Poizner, Steve, 1957- Businessmen California Biography. Politicians California Biography. Volunteer workers in education California San Jose Biography. Mount Pleasant High School (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose (Calif.) Social conditions. Educational change California. California Social policy. INF California Politics and government 1951- 101449 101449 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2023-04-10 0 F866.4.P65 P758m 2010 00000098705 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk