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.
发表于2025-04-10
Excellent Sheep 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
初读此书,会有一种老生常谈之感,有些地方甚至略显偏激。读者可以很容易地与书中论点产生共鸣,而有趣之处正在于此——之所以会有毫无障碍的共鸣,是因为这些批评可以毫无违和感地用于批评中国教育。由于这类批评在社会媒体和生活中都见得多、听得多,所以难免觉得廉价。 不过...
评分1 棍子 去年夏天,老婆第一次参加闺女的家长会,回来之后就着急上火,口腔溃疡了好几天。原来,一年级刚入学的时候,学校就测试了孩子们的识字水平,有的孩子一上来就过了10级,成了“识字大王”,而我们家闺女连1级都没过。 我大吃一惊:6岁就认识2000多个字啊,这得多聪明...
评分初读此书,会有一种老生常谈之感,有些地方甚至略显偏激。读者可以很容易地与书中论点产生共鸣,而有趣之处正在于此——之所以会有毫无障碍的共鸣,是因为这些批评可以毫无违和感地用于批评中国教育。由于这类批评在社会媒体和生活中都见得多、听得多,所以难免觉得廉价。 不过...
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...
评分图书标签: 教育 美国 精英教育 Education 高等教育 社会 思考 社会学
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.
精英型教育是全球通病
评分精致的利己主义者的说法是不对的,他们是遵循社会的规范(或游戏规则)而努力回应社会体制设计思路的期待,并致力于成为中产阶层的成功人士、精英。这些优秀的常春藤羊群才是社会稳定与统一的整合者,他们的表率性也是整个社会在理所当然期待的东西
评分should we smash a system from outside or alternate it from within?
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。
评分The author is pretty good at knowing his readers; and he do want to conquer the readers mind. To this end, the narrative is meticulously honed. That's dangerous. We may lose our vigilance for evaluating arguments; and agree with him, forgetting what we learned in our education: being critical to what seems to be critical.
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