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Ms. D from Alameda, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Lobotomy - A Captivating Memoir for Psychology Students

Help me give my students this amazing memoir, written by a lobotomy survivor, about the impact the procedure had on his life.

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Each year, I have my Psychology students read memoirs of people who have struggled with - and persevered thru - various aspects of mental illness. Memoirs have a very high engagement factor, particularly with teenage readers, and I give students time in class to work on each book they are assigned. More reading, simply put, means increased literacy skills!

This would be an amazing addition to our library as it is written by one of the few survivors of the era of "lobotomy as cure" era in America - and a great companion reading in my History of Mental Illness unit.

I typically do this unit in the early fall so it would especially wonderful if we could get this project funded quickly and in their hands next month!

Ms. D Encinal High School & Junior Jets Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Lobotomy: A Memoir • Amazon Business $11.29 36 $406.44

Materials cost

$406.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$479.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.66

Total project goal

$564.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $564.39

2 Donors

-$564.39

Donations toward project cost

-$479.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.66

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