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Monday, August 18, 2014

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste at Yale

A Review of William Deresiewicz’s “Excellent Sheep” from the Washington Post
“The system manufactures students who are smart and talented and driven, yes, but also anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose: trapped in a bubble of privilege, heading meekly in the same direction, great at what they’re doing but with no idea why they’re doing it.”

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