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2.0 AVERAGE
2.0 AVERAGE
This is the first book in this series that I do not think is well done. I think this is too simple for the complex subject. This book only looks at 3 arguments, and I don’t think they are very well backed up. Some of the arguments use rational about AC in schools. I know this is supposed to be a 2nd grade general look, but I think even kids would be shocked to learn schools don’t have AC because theirs do. Or the argument about field trips and libraries. What school has the money for that? The ones around my home do not. Plus they use an argument that many teachers get second jobs in the summer and how would they replace that income. Ummm PAY THE TEACHERS WHAT THEY ARE WORTH! Nowhere in this book is funding an argument, and even at second grade I think that needs to be taken into account. They comment that US kids have 900-1000 hours of schooling a year while other countries have as few as 800 hours spread over more days. But it mentions nothing of class size or school funding. There is more to this question and I think this book is just too simple.
Book compliments of Netgalley
Book compliments of Netgalley