Excellent Sheep

书名：Excellent SheepTheMiseducationoftheAmericanEliteandtheWaytoaMeaningfulLife
作者：WilliamDeresiewicz
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ISBN：9781476702711
出版社：FreePress
出版时间：2014-8-19
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：256
豆瓣评分： 7.8

书籍简介：

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.

作者简介：

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.

书友短评：

@ bellajean 通篇读来只见作者的抱怨却少见造成 “excellent sheep” 的内外因素。虽说作者是搞文学的，但也不能洋洋洒洒东拉西扯了一大堆小说家名句为自己背书就完了吧。社会、企业、校方、faculty 和学生之间的互动与博弈是怎样造成了当下的局面，知识传授与再生产二者无法平衡的深层原因是什么，博雅教育为什么被时代抛弃了，商界的精英观如何渗透进校园里……可惜这个研究问题了，另外作者的写作思路也很成问题。 @ 辛维木Sophia A very angry book that points out some of the deep problems of the American college education system. Not perfect, but should be a must-read for ppl who want to study in American colleges. I'm just grateful that I didn't become an excellent sheep. @ Wireless_LAN 挑着感兴趣的章节读了一些，给3.5星吧。或许是因为备考雅思的原因，读到后来竟然开始研究作者的遣词造句，想着怎么把书里的好句应用在实际写作中，实在是有点扫兴。书里指出精英教育的弊端，有些地方确实一针见血，想起近两年前我受这种教育体制所困的困惑和挣扎，更是心有所感。或许有人觉得有机会受精英教育的人已经是站在金字塔尖，但却想不到他们如何受体制所害，原本无限宽广的人生和可能性，就在对所谓优秀的不断追逐中一点点消失殆尽，最后甚至不明白自己明明一直在努力着，怎么就从当初充满梦想和活力的年轻人，变成除了自己的专业一无所知的专家。证书、奖学金、各种实习实践经历和比赛奖项，这确实是优秀的一种侧影，但真正的优秀，应该是抛弃这些世俗的评判标准，充分发挥‘道德想象力’为自己走出一条独特道路的过程。

Introduction p. 1
Part 1 Sheep
1 The Students p. 7
2 The History p. 27
3 The Training p. 41
4 The Institutions p. 59
Part 2 Self
5 What Is College For? p. 77
6 Inventing Your Life p. 89
7 Leadership p. 131
Part 3 Schools
8 Great Books p. 149
9 Spirit Guides p. 173
10 Your Guide to the Rankings p. 191
Part 4 Society
11 Welcome to the Club p. 205
12 The Self-Overcoming of the Hereditary Meritocracy p. 225
Acknowledgments p. 243
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