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Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever
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ISBN: 0307279456
Author: Kirn, Walter
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A New York Times Notable BookA Daily Beast Best Book of the YearA Huffington Post Best Book of the YearFrom 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 arena for more gamesmanship, snobbery, and social climbing. In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, Lost in the Meritocracy reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back-or within.
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Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever