In part an effort to stay in touch with how education is going back home in the USA, I picked up this book from the library. It is based on an essay written 5-6 years ago addressing the changing state of students in American universities.
I enjoyed reading this book – it was written in a clear and accessible style, and since it was fairly new the examples (and links) were still relevant.
Of most interest to me were the sections on identifying cognitive traps and keeping your thinking flexible and adaptable to deal with whatever problems arise. These steps are equally useful for adults out college as well as for the students still in it.
It seems to me that the authors did a good job of portraying events and people fairly, and also followed their own advice to give people the benefit of the doubt. That being said, I’m sure some people will take offense to things in this book, and perhaps to things left out.
This was a well-written effort that made me think twice about some assumptions and constructs that I had. And that made it well worth reading for me.
Next I’m reading This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
