Zackery Zounes

Trippy, but the end is worth it

Revisado: 06-03-23

Very different than first 2 books in terms of scope and pacing for the first 3/4 of the book. The end made it all make sense though and it brought up interesting philosophical questions I'd never considered before (as always). Just as good aa the first 2 imo, just in a different way

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Just as good as Children of Time

Revisado: 04-30-23

Really love how the writer describes the perspective of something sentient, but not an animal. Super creative science fiction. Also, Kern is my favorite by the end. It's hilarious how she goes from asshole to "helpful" asshole and retains all of her annoying quirks while doing good.

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Fascinating take on psychology

Revisado: 04-30-23

I wish this was part of the standard high school curriculum. Being aware of one's own cognitive bias seems like something useful to know

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Very interesting!

Revisado: 12-02-22

Very realistic. There's a few things I wish they had explored more. Very emotional. I almost cried multiple times.

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Fascinating Techniques

Revisado: 07-04-22

I loved the variety of practical examples of non-graded curriculum techniques. Love Alfie Kohn's work, but way too abstract sometimes. This book grounds change with relateable examples with varying degrees of implementation. Only thing lacking is how to communicate subject importance. Many examples in the book referenced the need to get students invested in the class by making it relevant and important to their lives. I wish there were more examples of how to do with for subjects like algebra.

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Great AtlA Homage

Revisado: 07-04-22

Kept the tones and lessons of AtlA, but a little darker. Loved the character interactions and Kioshi's development. Some people seem to dislike Kioshi being portrayed as more human, but I think it's endearing and makes me appreciate how she ended up as tough as she was portrayed in the show. Anyway, great action, conflict, resolution, and characters!

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Perfect

Revisado: 06-23-22

This is exactly what a book in the Avatar universe is supposed to feel like. It has all of the best elements of both Korra and AtlA, with none of the drawbacks of Korra. The darker tone was appropriate and imo improved the tension in climatic moments.

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Intriguing argument

Revisado: 06-15-22

Author/reader still comes off as pretentious as he does in his other books, but you can't fault his logic and dedication to thorough research. Many of what he shares mirrors my experience as a 90s kid. I hated hw and still do. It deprived me of opportunities to learn how to "study" and teach myself, which gave me a disadvantage when I went to college and the professors didn't teach and tests were the entire grade.

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Compelling Arguments, though pretentious tone

Revisado: 05-30-22

If you can get past the author's/reader's academically pretentious tone, he actually gives some sound advice. His claims are backed up in my personal experience in the office with regards to motivation and how "cringy" pizza parties are when leveraged for better work performance.

It's long-winded, but thoroughly addresses every possible counter-argument to his claims. The last 3 chapters where he explains what to do instead of rewards is the best part of the book.

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Probably the best of these types of books

Revisado: 05-21-22

Pros: cites sources, good advice, well argued, author is very experienced.

Cons: slight fear mongering, key traits seem exclusive (like you can only thrive with these 7 traits), all examples of "success" are things like "class president" or "successful inventor at age 6" or "Einstein" which is contrary tonher argument

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