Reviews for American destiny

The average rating for American destiny based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-12-09 00:00:00 Elesvan Flores This textbook was okay. I wasn't too crazy about the first volume, either. But they at least compliment each other well. The thing that gets confusing with this book is that it isn't quite written chronologically, and it isn't quite written by theme, either. It seems to be an odd combination of the two. However, I will say that I did't get bored reading it. I'm not a history buff. At all. But the text kept my attention and if I had to get through 30-40 pages in a day, it wasn't agonizing for me. My sister-in-law taught out of this book for one semester and hated it, but my history teacher has used it several times and loves it. So it seems that from a teaching standpoint, you'd either really like it or really hate it. I occasionally found some factual errors. And if I'm finding them, it makes me wonder how many are there that I wouldn't know about. I was also a little disappointed that the closer the book came to the present, the more vague and rushed the information seemed.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-22 00:00:00 Roberto Jacobo Oh, America Past and Present, my old frenemy. I remember all those nights I spent with you: stressing and worrying and waking up with highlighter on my face. I remember waking up after three hours of sleep feeling gross because I hadn't showered the night before and red eyes because I slept in my contacts. Sometimes I liked you when I went to study group and we quizzed each other over coffee. You were even useful when I wanted to kill the fly on my ceiling. Still, I am glad to be done with you. I actually sleep at night now without a crank in my neck from sleeping on a textbook. I shower every day, and I have free time on the weekends. I don't have to freak out over anything AP, just getting into college (which I have already). Overall, I don't miss you, America Past and Present. I don't think anyone ever misses you. I do wish I could get someone to buy you off me though. That would be nice.