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Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever is a 2009 memoir by Walter Kirn. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University. The author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic. The book was reviewed twice in The New York Times.
1 de jun. de 2010 · In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, Lost in the Meritocracy reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back—or within. ... The Undereducation of an Overachiever Walter Kirn No preview available - 2009.
19 de may. de 2009 · The Undereducation of an Overachiever. Walter Kirn. 4.5 • 12 Ratings; $12.99; $12.99; Publisher Description. ... In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, Lost in the Meritocracy reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back—or ...
19 de may. de 2009 · That's the species of catastrophe recounted in Walter Kirn's memoir, Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever, the witty, self-castigating story of the author's single-minded quest to succeed at a series of tests and competitions that took him from one of the lowest-ranked high schools in Minnesota to Princeton.
In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, Lost in the Meritocracy reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back—or within. ... The Undereducation of an Overachiever. Walter Kirn. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, May 19, ...
"Lost in the Meritocracy" was so much better as an essay, rich with humor and insight, revealing a world that I fear is still not widely known. Expanding (or bloating) it into some sort of forced Bildungsroman-slash-romp dilutes the knowledge gained from his experiences, at quite a high cost.
22 de may. de 2009 · From there, his opportunistic approach to learning—hilariously recounted in Lost in the Meritocracy—valued prize over process and permitted him to slither his way through Princeton (four years ...
