The American Scholar: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - William Deresiewicz
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The American Scholar: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - William Deresiewicz
- The system manufactures students who are smart and talented and driven, yes, but also anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose: trapped in a bubble of privilege, heading meekly in the same direction, great at what they’re doing but with no idea why they’re doing it.
from Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz
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“The system forgot to teach them, along the way to the prestige admissions and the lucrative jobs, that the most important achievements can’t be measured by a letter or a number or a name,” Deresiewicz wrote. “It forgot that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers.
from Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges
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