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Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counsellors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw first-hand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to "practical" subjects like economics, students are losing the ability to think independently. It is essential, says Deresiewicz, that college be a time for self-discovery, when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths. He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it.
"Excellent Sheep is likely to make...a lasting mark....He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America....Mr. Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness" (The New York Times).
Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counsellors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw first-hand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to "practical" subjects like economics, students are losing the ability to think independently. It is essential, says Deresiewicz, that college be a time for self-discovery, when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths. He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it.
"Excellent Sheep is likely to make...a lasting mark....He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America....Mr. Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness" (The New York Times).
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781476702728 |
| ISBN-10: | 1476702721 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Deresiewicz, William |
| Hersteller: | Simon & Schuster |
| Maße: | 213 x 141 x 19 mm |
| Von/Mit: | William Deresiewicz |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.05.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,22 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781476702728 |
| ISBN-10: | 1476702721 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Deresiewicz, William |
| Hersteller: | Simon & Schuster |
| Maße: | 213 x 141 x 19 mm |
| Von/Mit: | William Deresiewicz |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.05.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,22 kg |
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