I won a signed copy of “Shock Exchange” by Ralph W.
Baker, Jr through a giveaway on LibraryThing.com and the following is my honest
opinion for this book.
Having been educated within the New York City school
system, and living in the NY City metropolitan area all my life, I’ve seen
education go from being equal throughout the system, in my opinion, to where
inner city youth have become more and more forgotten about.
Reading the synopsis for this book, it had piqued my
curiosity, and I want to learn more about program created by the author; which
is why I’d entered the giveaway being offered by author.
As I read the book, I found it to be less and less to be
about the program the author had created in an inner city area of Brooklyn, NY;
and more and more like a wonderful, revealing memoir about an Afro-American who
had been born in the rural town of Farmville, Virginia. The author writes about
all the events in life which lead him to become a successful,
internationally-known Wall Street individual. Given the history of this
financial world, this achievement should be deemed remarkable.
Instead of writing about the “Shock Exchange,” its
creation, history and successes, the author has instead told us about his
childhood, education, and historical financial events which had transpired
around him through the years, as well as those he’d been part of.
Apparently this author wants to shun the spotlight on
himself, which is why I feel a much better title for this book would have been,
“From Farmville to Wall Street – An Afro-American Male Experience.”
In the end I’m giving Mr. Baker and this book 5 STARS.
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0099UYBL6
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