Wes Moore's Book Review: Mccain

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I have personally read Wes Moore’s book and went to see him speak in McCain Auditorium this past week. Personally I thought it was very interesting how he really didn’t talk as much about the book as I thought he might. He talked about how the title was created and more about the backstory of the book. While I was reading the book I could see many theories from our lectures, and also picked up on some things he said in his speech. In the book Wes talks about his own life and “the other Wes Moore’s” life. He really describes and hints about each of their environments. This could be linked to Brofenbrenner and his Ecological Model. It shows how each of them were learning from their environment. In the microsystem they were learning directly

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