How long does it take to read Dumbing Us Down?
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto takes about 1 hour 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 54 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1991. 104 pages, about 28,600 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"New 10th anniverary edition."--Cover.
Subjects: Aims and objectives, Educators, Educational sociology, Philosophy, community, Compulsory Education
