I was lucky enough to listen to Pedro speak as a key note guest during the Chancellor's Academy this year. He literally spoke almost the entire time about the exact same things that were in this book. I remember when someone asked a question about where they could find all of the information he just talked about and he referred us to his book that we just read. That being said, it was still a fun read and it went more in-depth than he did while he was speaking.
I think this book should be read by all future teachers and administrators as part of an undergraduate curriculum. I think the material that is presented is eye opening for a lot of people and I think that it would be influential to most. It helped me as a teacher who comes from a humble country lifestyle to realize just how bad it can get in a lot of places. It made me think a lot about who is to blame for all of these issues and what we can do to fix them as educators.
One thing I didn't really like too much in this book was the fact that there weren't often answers provided. I know it isn't necessarily his spot to put all of the answers out there, but I think he should have provided more than what he did considering the amount of research he did. It didn't have to be things that he personally was going to do, but things that he felt the entire country was doing to help the problem.
This was a good book. I really couldn't form any complaints about it other than I just thought more potential solutions to the problems should have been presented. Pedro has done a lot of fantastic research and that research could provide answers to these problems that he has found throughout the country.
