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The American Scholar - The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - By William Deresiewicz

Citation added: July 1st, 2008, 3:41 am
"I never learned that there are smart people who don’t go to elite colleges, often precisely for reasons of class. I never learned that there are smart people who don’t go to college at all."
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If You A Young American, You Need To Read This | BadCyclopedia

Citation added: June 15th, 2008, 9:20 am
"This society still has plenty to offer to a young person, provided that the young person is clever enough to know how to take advantage of it. All of this advice falls into the category of “If everyone did this, society would fall apart.”"
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"G", a Statistical Myth

Citation added: October 26th, 2007, 5:45 am
"In primitive societies, or so Malinowski taught, myths serve as the legitimating charters of practices and institutions. Just so here: the myth of g legitimates a vast enterprise of intelligence testing and theorizing."
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Socrates' nightmare - Print Version - International Herald Tribune

Citation added: October 4th, 2007, 12:33 am
"...children today are becoming Socrates' nightmare, decoders of information who have neither the time nor the motivation to think beneath or beyond their googled universes..."n
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Psychology Today: Trashing Teens

Citation added: June 20th, 2007, 5:11 am
"The whole culture collaborates in artificially extending childhood, primarily through the school system and restrictions on labor. One effect is the creation of a new segment of society just waiting to consume, especially if given money to spend.
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