Malcolm Gladwell's blink, Alison Wolf's Does Education Matter

It's becoming a rather rainy weekend, with the sun and the rain co-existing at the same time. I haven't really done much this weekend other than catching up on which PML has graciously lent me. It's really quite a rivetting and intriuging read, and it has got me motivated to get the book for the rich examples in there. Maybe I'll spring it tomorrow when I cash in on Border's 50%! Then I just finished Alison Wolf's Does Education Matter, which is an economics book that looks critically at whether governments are wrong when they talk about boosting education and increasing university places as possible solutions to boost economies. Are we spending too much resources when they can be better-spent elsewhere? Is it really true that by having more degree-tottling workers, the economy improves on the whole. While it may work on an individual level, it has come up with for example artificial distinctions such as which universities should we go to and so on. Quite nice, but bad readers like me just want to get into the action and as such I did not really get a good idea of the arguments. Maybe I'll read it again when I have the time though it's a library book!

As usual I'm reading too fast and too surface, hence ending up with splitting headaches and I had to lie down and rest. Argh!

Looking forward to guitar class later, and I better think about what I can do next week when both my Japanese and guitar classes call it a break!