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Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto

kharras's review against another edition

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challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

marianne_brough's review against another edition

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2.75

Some intriguing concepts and some problematic assertions. It would incite conversation but does not have practical answers. 

reillya's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

allydee's review against another edition

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informative reflective

5.0

chloekg's review against another edition

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5.0

A series of more-or-less detailed essays on the same idea, Gatto's honesty is simple and refreshing. He doesn't present a whole lot of solutions except to look around you and start trying.

wakkle's review against another edition

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challenging fast-paced

3.0

e_money_the_cat's review against another edition

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1.0

Reactionary af. We all know public education is poor in this country, but our buddy here wants to make it far, far worse while day-dreaming of some mythical bygone past.

I will say his writing style I enjoyed. Reminds me of Will Buckley. Witty, snarky, fun to read, but also pure condensed evil.

the_jesus_fandom's review

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2.0

I support the idea (lol) so I liked that, but it was kinda confusing and repetitive. The second is to be expected because it was various speeches, but I still found it hard to follow all of his points.

dudateles's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

hey_humbie's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0