The book stepped into some pretty interesting stuff towards the end. Some things that really sparked my interest is when they started talking about parenting. Along the way in the subject of parenting, they started to talk about schools. Since the main topic was about parenting, it was discussing the difference of "good" schools and "bad" ones. With another twist put in, the comparison was of white and black students. Now, again, to me it gets kind of confusing with all the data and all but once I got it, my mind was blasted. The book helped clear up some of the things that we think are true that really aren't. And in contrast the things we thought were false, actually ended up being true.
The last chapter talked about how the name that a child was given actually effects their lives later on. The chapter gave a long list of names and by statistics showed which ones were the "best" and "worst." Now, it really is hard to believe something that a child's name has a lot to do with what they're going to turn out to be. "a researcher would send two identical (and fake) resumes, one with a traditionally white name and the other with an immigrant or minority-sounding name, to potential employers. The 'white' resume have always gleaned more job interviews" shows how even the name a person is given effects their chances of getting a job. It's really surprising.
To wrap this book up, how did you guys feel about all of the information in this book? Were you surprised at anything this book had to say like I was? Why or why not? If you could answer, that'd be nice. This book was a nice read overall and it was a pleasure reading it with you guys.
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