002: The Case Against Homework: How Homework Is Hurting Our Children and What We Can Do about It
Pages: 304
Status: Complete
Picked this up partly in curiosity, or maybe because the secret inner geek speaks, hahaha. Thought I might like this book when realising that I actually agree with some stuff, but more & more as I read this I found myself counting back to the time I was at that age (hahahaha I feel old but — some ancedotes relate to kids about kindergarten age, even!) and realised that at some point, hey - I was even worse off at that age! Although I also admit that some of the homework listed as “pointless”. well, really is hehehe.
Also did quite feel that authors were overusing statistics to push for their point of view, … quite one-sided at some parts.
Overall, something that I initially was quite interested to read but bored me towards the end. I’ve no idea why it has received such good reviews (heh), am quite tempted (harhar skepticism ftw) to think it’s just .. parents who mollycoddle their children too much or that we’ve got a different school system, possibly a combination of both. ;-)
That aside, I think I’m really .. not the best for this reading thingey @ the moment hahaha! I really don’t see how I can (for now), cos 2 books in 1.5 months? Gee. & I’ve 2 books I’d intended to complete, but have not yet, and they are overdue lol. Joy.
