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1 de jun. de 2010 · Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever. Paperback – June 1, 2010. From elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how to stay at the top of his class: He clapped erasers, memorized answer keys, and parroted his teachers’ pet theories.
10 de dic. de 2020 · Lost in the meritocracy : the undereducation of an overachiever. by. Kirn, Walter, 1962-. Publication date. 2010. Topics. Kirn, Walter, 1962- -- Childhood and youth, Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography, Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography, Students -- United States -- Biography. Publisher.
Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever. Walter Kirn. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 1, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 224 pages. A New York...
1 de ene. de 2008 · Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever. Walter Kirn. 3.20. 971 ratings172 reviews. Percentile is destiny in America. So says Walter Kirn, a peerless observer and interpreter of American life, in this whip-smart memoir of his own long strange trip through American education.
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. [1] The author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic. [2]
21 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...
19 de may. de 2009 · LOST IN THE MERITOCRACY reckons up the costs of a system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back—or within. It's a remarkable book that suggests the first step toward intellectual fulfillment is getting off the treadmill that is the American meritocracy.
