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发表于2024-12-23
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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should we smash a system from outside or alternate it from within?
评分should we smash a system from outside or alternate it from within?
评分精英型教育是全球通病
评分觉得这个书从一开始就有一点三观不合。总是有一种何不食肉糜的感觉。作者强调毕业的时候精英教育下的学生择业的狭窄性,并鼓励大家去追求梦想追求小众。但是作者讲述的大部分人这么选择的原因:拥有更多下一步选择的权利,我觉得其实是很适用于大部分大学毕业没有特定世界观的小本的。选择安全感随大流也没有什么错,一味标新立异可能更容易误入歧途或者白白浪费时间,不过作者硬是要解释成这就是热爱与梦想,就给人一种经典的只在意上层建筑却不考虑物质基础的经典美国中产精英论调的感觉。不能为了diversity而diversity啊。抛问题抛的很切实际,可是提出的解决方案太狭窄并理想化。
多年前,我还在上大一,读了一本书,叫做《北大毕业等于零》,这本书震撼着当时刚刚被985院校录取的我,至今还可以感受到这本书带来的余震。那本书,对于刚入大学的我,无疑是当头喝棒,让我重新思考上大学的意义。 最近,阅读了一位耶鲁大学教授写的书《优秀的绵羊》,再一次...
评分“有一次,我去里德学院一堂政治课上旁听,我发现课堂上讨论的质量非常高,对思维探索非常严肃,比常春藤学校不知好出多少。这种人文学院不怎么关注排名,不把自己视为职业培训的场所,而这里的四年,你可以暂时脱离现实,一心一意训练自己的大脑,培养自己的价值观。” 作者...
评分在美国我发现,追求上常青藤的华人家长很多。常青藤学校是指布朗大学、哥伦比亚大学、康奈尔大学、达特茅斯学院、哈佛大学、普林斯顿大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和耶鲁大学。这八所大学都在美国东北。其他很多地方也有一些名校,如德州的莱斯大学、加州的斯坦福大学、佐治亚的埃默里...
评分“有一次,我去里德学院一堂政治课上旁听,我发现课堂上讨论的质量非常高,对思维探索非常严肃,比常春藤学校不知好出多少。这种人文学院不怎么关注排名,不把自己视为职业培训的场所,而这里的四年,你可以暂时脱离现实,一心一意训练自己的大脑,培养自己的价值观。” 作者...
评分Excellent Sheep pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024