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发表于2025-02-05
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A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be—but aren’t—providing.
As a professor at Yale, Bill 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.
Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates 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 and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways. Deresiewicz explains how college should be a time for self-discovery, when students can establish their own values and measures of success, so they can forge their own path. He addresses parents, students, educators, and anyone who's interested in the direction of American society, featuring quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and clearly presenting solutions.
William Deresiewicz was a professor at Yale until 2008. He is the author of the landmark essays “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education” and “Solitude and Leadership” and is a frequent speaker on campuses around the country. A contributing writer for The Nation and a contributing editor for The New Republic and The American Scholar, he is the author of A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter.
揭露了美国大学体制存在的诸多问题。对通识教育和以就业为导向的教育的讨论深入到人生意义等宏大的话题。书中的另一个重点是透彻地分析当前体制对富人和中产阶级越来越有利。遗憾地是这种现状很难被改变。NBA可以靠选秀平衡各队实力,但社会阶层的调整实在是太困难。
评分出版当时就很轰动,想看了很久的书。Personal, incisive, thoughtful and bold. 和How to Raise an Adult 中对精英大学和学生,家长的批判遥相呼应。美国高等教育的问题有很多书,看得越多,越可以对Elite大学祛魅。这本中尤其让我觉得有意思的是从历史变化角度的分析,对大学和教授的意义,和对几种不同高等教育学校之间的比较。
评分出版当时就很轰动,想看了很久的书。Personal, incisive, thoughtful and bold. 和How to Raise an Adult 中对精英大学和学生,家长的批判遥相呼应。美国高等教育的问题有很多书,看得越多,越可以对Elite大学祛魅。这本中尤其让我觉得有意思的是从历史变化角度的分析,对大学和教授的意义,和对几种不同高等教育学校之间的比较。
评分Excellent book. I agree with the author that "learn to learn" and "finding yourself" are the most important things in college education and probably require a lot of years after college. An excellent sheep is still a sheep.
评分都是些老生常谈的问题了,我觉得追究下二战后美国大学没有为世界贡献几个原创性思想家才是关键
初读此书,会有一种老生常谈之感,有些地方甚至略显偏激。读者可以很容易地与书中论点产生共鸣,而有趣之处正在于此——之所以会有毫无障碍的共鸣,是因为这些批评可以毫无违和感地用于批评中国教育。由于这类批评在社会媒体和生活中都见得多、听得多,所以难免觉得廉价。 不过...
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评分1 棍子 去年夏天,老婆第一次参加闺女的家长会,回来之后就着急上火,口腔溃疡了好几天。原来,一年级刚入学的时候,学校就测试了孩子们的识字水平,有的孩子一上来就过了10级,成了“识字大王”,而我们家闺女连1级都没过。 我大吃一惊:6岁就认识2000多个字啊,这得多聪明...
评分今年六月,我和无数中国大学生一起迈入了毕业季。 作为一名不知名211大学的新闻专业的女生,从去年的9月开始,奔波于沈阳(学校所在地)的各个校园招聘会和面试地点之间,辗转在奔赴北上广的飞机与火车上。 每一轮面试后,我都以每两分钟一次的频率查看手机短信和邮件,等着...
Excellent Sheep pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025