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Book Study, Part 1 - The Smartest Kids in the World
To see the prompt on Mrs. Kallas's blog click here.
In my class we have recently started reading a book called The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley. I have found it to be very interesting because of all of the different views on education around the world. It's fascinating to see how much other countries value education compared to the United States. Out of the three main characters, I find that I relate to Eric the most. I feel like I relate to him because we are both very comfortable in the education system, and we are both good at math. Eric is also not challenged much by his studies which I can occasionally relate to. I think that the best country to model is Finland because we shouldn't be afraid of being wrong and grades shouldn't be what school revolves around.
In my class we have recently started reading a book called The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley. I have found it to be very interesting because of all of the different views on education around the world. It's fascinating to see how much other countries value education compared to the United States. Out of the three main characters, I find that I relate to Eric the most. I feel like I relate to him because we are both very comfortable in the education system, and we are both good at math. Eric is also not challenged much by his studies which I can occasionally relate to. I think that the best country to model is Finland because we shouldn't be afraid of being wrong and grades shouldn't be what school revolves around.
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