Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385521284 (0385521286)
Publish date: May 19th 2009
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Literature,
American,
Culture,
Education,
Coming Of Age,
Sociology,
Biography Memoir
He worked the system. Better, he knew how to work the system.He was not particularly well educated. He faked it. He scammed his teachers. He took the right classes. He aced the SAT.I’m not sure I really wanted to know this. Is he typical? I know I don’t want to know the answer to that.
Didn't really enjoy this book. I did finish it, hoping that it would get better, but it never did. Wouldn't recommend....
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