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Calvin Jefferson, a sophomore at an urban college not unlike New York's City College, reads at the fifth grade level but always gets Bs

He is only dimly beginning to understand is that it will take more than a sheepskin to make him competitive in the real world. It will take basic skills he lacks

Calvin begs his speech teacher, an overburdened, underpaid and under appreciated victim of the system, for help. She does try but it is likely too little, too late

"It thrusts us into the front line of an agonizing social crisis" ~ N.Y. Times

"Powerful" ~ ABC TV

"Thoughtful, sometimes comic, and ultimately moving" ~ Christian Science Monitor