Description: CAG ShopA division of CarolinaAutosGroup.com EXCELLENT SHEEPThe MISEDUCATION ofTHEAMERICAN ELITE&The Way To AMEANINGFUL LIFENEW A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People).As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of purpose. Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass.Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminate in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand 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 values and measures of success to forge their 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 aims 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). FREE SHIPPING!! *Local pickup is available upon request.**Your purchase from this store supports a small business. Check out our other items!!! Disclaimer: Any product names, logos, brands, trademarks or images featured or referred to within our listings are the property of their respective trademark holders. These trademarks are not affiliated with CAG Shop, Carolina Autos Group, LLC, CarolinaAutosGroup.com, or our products. The respective trademark holders do not sponsor/endorse us or any of our online products.
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Publication Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the W
Item Height: 8.5in
Author: William Deresiewicz
Publisher: Free Press
Item Length: 5.5 in
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