[PDF.17rl] Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

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 | #512049 in Books |  Anchor |  2010-06-01 |  2010-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.45 x5.18l,.54 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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||41 of 41 people found the following review helpful.| Read the original essay!|By James|Walter Kirn was a Nonfiction Writer-in-Residence at the University of Chicago this past year. When a student organization screened the movie based on his novel Thumbsucker, Kirn dropped by to do a Q&A. He briefly mentioned this book, which he was writing at the time, expanding an essay he wrote in The Atlantic about his life at Princeton.From Booklist|Calling something “irreducible.” Searching for a contest, no matter how trifling, that he’ll be sure to win. These are just two of the tricks Kirn used to shuttle himself

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From elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how to stay at the top of his class: He clapped erasers, memorized answer keys, and parroted his teachers’ pet theories. But when he launched himself eastward to an Ivy League university, Kirn discovered that the temple of higher learning he had expected was instead just another are...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever   |  Walter Kirn. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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