I really enjoy Dr. Seuss books and I just became familiar with this book early this year when my science methods teacher mentioned it in one of his lectures during class. I finally just got around to reading it. This was a book that was published in 1998, but Dr. Seuss died in 1991. It was good that that had found sitting in a drawer or something. The words were done, but the illustrations weren't, So Jack and Lane decided to help get it published. I really love the books because they are so abstract by using made up words or things but the point of the story is so strong and important. He really has a message that he wants to send out to the people reading the books that he does in a fun, captivating way. This book really applies to us. It is about students attending Diffendoofer School and talking about how great their school is and all the teachers. No detail about the school is left out and it is so positive. The narrator just loves it. But than they have to take an assessment "much take a special test to see who's learning such and such-to see which school's the best." And everyone freaks out because because if the school doesn't do well they will go to flobbertown where everyone does everything the same. It really reminded me a lot of where we are now in education and Dr. Seuss had to have written this in the late 1980's. It's sad still so much is the same. Moral of the story is that everyone passes and they keep the school. The pictures were very fun and colorful and creatures that you see in Dr. Seuss books but with more bright, bold colors. It was a very fun read and I think that it would be a great book to read to students when it comes time to take a standardize test to help them understand what the purpose is and take some stress out of it.
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