About This Book
This is a book about what many teachers know but are increasingly being prevented from talking about: that real education always involves a risk. The risk is there because, as W. B. Yeats has put it, education is not about filling a bucket but about lighting a fire. It is there because students are...
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Reading Time Estimates
4h 12m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 2m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 10m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 45,375 wordsπ
7 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
3 h 2 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
3 h 22 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
5 h 3 min
Audio 2x
2 h 31 min
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- π 7 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π7 commutesΒ of 30 min each