'A compilation of mythology, literature and lore relating to the mythical creatures common to many cultures - savage, winged reptiles with a greed for gold and other very human characteristics as well as the ability to terrify and destroy. It was a bit dry in places, and I did skip the excerpt from Spenser's The Faerie Queene that went on and on in Elizabethan english. I read this with my niece Amy in mind, who loves mythology and animals and I thought she might like this. I've whatsapped her about it, but she hasn't yet replied to her dull uncle who keeps forcing books on her.
Libby is in the middle of her SATS at the moment and seems to be coping, but it is incredible the pressure some of the kids are under - they are being hothoused, tutored, removed from normal after-school activities. I don't understand. The outcome will be a higher grade than the grade the student is naturally capable of, meaning they go into a higher class with more expectations that they won't be able to meet without more tutoring, hothousing and stress, and on and on through university and life. It's a recipe for miserable people in positions they are not capable of performing and the concomitant stress and misery.
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