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Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life / William Deresiewicz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Free Press, 2014Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: 245 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476702711 (hardback)
  • 1476702713 (hardback)
Other title:
  • Xcellent sheep [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.73 23
LOC classification:
  • LA227.4 .D74 2014
Other classification:
  • SOC026000 | EDU015000 | EDU040000
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Sheep. The students ; The history ; The training ; The institutions -- Self. What is college for? ; Inventing your life ; Leadership -- Schools. Great books ; Spirit guides ; Your guide to the rankings -- Society. Welcome to the club ; The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.
Summary: "A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery-- but the system is broken, and he offers solutions on how to fix it.
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Book Book Janet F. Harte Public Library Janet F. Harte Public Library Non-fiction Nonfiction 378.73 DER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000367076
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On jacket, the word "Excellent" has a big red "X" over the letters "Ex", making the title "Xcellent sheep."

"A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Sheep. The students ; The history ; The training ; The institutions -- Self. What is college for? ; Inventing your life ; Leadership -- Schools. Great books ; Spirit guides ; Your guide to the rankings -- Society. Welcome to the club ; The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.

Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery-- but the system is broken, and he offers solutions on how to fix it.

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