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 Sileno rated 5 months ago - "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education" by William Deresiewicz
From the page: "When elite universities boast that they teach their students how to think, they mean that they teach them the analytic and rhetorical skills necessary for success in law or medicine or science or busin... more
- Tags: writing, ivy, university, ivy-league, education, elite
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- taylorshelton rated 3 months agoeducation, university
- From the page: "There's no point in excluding people unless they know they've been excluded."
- meiyilu rated 3 months agouniversity
- Excellent article on what sort of path the elite universities lead their students on, and what they don't teach. More importantly (to me), it describes the values and abilities that intellectual should have.
- Aora rated 3 months agouniversity
- A surprisingly good stumble - a thoughtful and fascinating look at intellectual elitism within top tier universities, and its often overlooked drawbacks.
- selkhet7 rated 3 months agoeducation
- A deeply thoughtful article about the advantages and perils of receiving an Ivy league education.
- nikhilnarayanan rated 4 months agoeducation, university
- good read
- dustincoates rated 4 months agoeducation
- A great look at the other side.
From the page: "â€oeIvy retardation,” a friend of mine calls this. I could carry on conversations with people from other countries, in other languages, but I couldnâ€t talk to the man who was standing in my own house.
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- Andendau rated 4 months agowriting
- Most of these reviewers discuss what I would have commented as well. What I can say is maybe I am biased toward this article because I am the product of a public education. Maybe it is because while I was an over achiever in high school I became disaffected early in my college career. Maybe I chose to focus more on the quality of my life than on the quantity of activities and academic stress. Or maybe I just was not meant to be one of those 4.0 triple majors.
I wouldn't accept the article whole sale but I do think it presents excellent points and discusses them well.
- sstroupe rated 4 months agowriting
- This is why I'm going to a public college.
- Tyrhaynes rated 4 months agowriting, intellectual, elite, yale, ivy-league
- Fascinating essay with many good points about the pitfalls of an elite education. I don't agree with every idea but must admit that the writer has strong points and the experience to back them up. The best concept elucidated is that of the intellectual and the solitude that is necessary for quality introspection.
- ThatAdamGuy rated 4 months agoeducation, elite, elitism
- What does an elite school mean? What does it produce? Read this editorial for a sobering, thoughtful, and comprehensive look at elite schools; I guarantee you'll think of them differently afterwards!
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