How long does it take to read How Children Fail?
John Caldwell Holt, John Holt
How Children Fail by John Caldwell Holt, John Holt takes about 3 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 19 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 181 pages, about 49,775 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A series of informal memos describing how typical grade-school pedagogy suppresses a child's innate desire to learn, leaving the child frustrated, confused, and fearing failure.
Subjects: Education, Education of children, Promotion (School), Underachievers, Grade repetition, Failure (Psychology)
