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发表于2024-11-24
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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.
很容易在文章里面看出作者自己也是受到了二元论的极大影响。本书读起来很爽,有种听高大上学府出来的人吐槽自己身边人无趣又无爱的畅快,但作者给出的理想主义的答案并不能解决一部分人越来越不喜欢学习、希望短期内获得大量回报等问题。现代社会信息和知识获取的方式便捷、成本超低,跟往昔缺乏信息的情况完全不同,事倍功半的结果是Multi Tasking也不奇怪。
评分3.5星吧,指出的很多地方的确有问题,但一来有些重复,二来有些地方Liberal Arts的倾向太浓重
评分精致的利己主义者的说法是不对的,他们是遵循社会的规范(或游戏规则)而努力回应社会体制设计思路的期待,并致力于成为中产阶层的成功人士、精英。这些优秀的常春藤羊群才是社会稳定与统一的整合者,他们的表率性也是整个社会在理所当然期待的东西
评分so what?
评分should we smash a system from outside or alternate it from within?
我在Kindle上看的第二本书,也是近期来所读过的最好的一本书。本来是想闲暇碎片时间读读,结果开始之后就手不释卷,一天半看完。 此书是对美国精英教育的批评。作者在耶鲁英文系教了上十年的书,书中用了很多耶鲁的例子。他关于此话题的一篇文章在杂志上发表之后,反响很大,收...
评分2014年七月,前耶鲁大学教授威廉·德雷谢维奇(William Deresiewicz)在《新共和》上撰文“别送你的孩子上常青藤:美国的顶尖学府把你的孩子变成僵尸”,引起轰动。此文网络版据称是《新共和》杂志有史以来点击率最高的文章。此文也在美国名校中引起了一系列的反思和反驳。 此...
评分我在Kindle上看的第二本书,也是近期来所读过的最好的一本书。本来是想闲暇碎片时间读读,结果开始之后就手不释卷,一天半看完。 此书是对美国精英教育的批评。作者在耶鲁英文系教了上十年的书,书中用了很多耶鲁的例子。他关于此话题的一篇文章在杂志上发表之后,反响很大,收...
评分初读此书,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...
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...
Excellent Sheep pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024