Greg Brown pointed me to this article, a poignant critique of the shortcomings of higher education (with a focus on the elite). Probably one of the best I’ve ever read. Below are a few passages, but mostly I’ll let the article speak for itself. Hopefully these will whet your appetite. “…the way students are treated [...]
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So, yesterday I bought a GRE prep book. Started studying this morning. Reading through the beginning I laughed out loud when I came across this paragraph: “[while taking the GRE] You will see a fourth, unidentified, experiment section on your GRE. This section will either be Math or Verbal and will look exactly like the [...]
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Tagged: anthropology, education, grad school, gre, rant, tests
According to Mark Bauerlein, yes. This morning an article from the LA Times was brought to my attention that briefly summarizes Bauerlein’s thoughts regarding the effects of the changing media environment on young folks, thoughts which he published in his book with the catchy, market-ready title The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young [...]
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Tagged: education, generation y, intelligence, internet, media, technology