Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever by Walter Kirn

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

Walter Kirn

nonfiction education memoir challenging reflective fast-paced

224 pages | first published 2008

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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. Working his way up the ladder of standardized tests, ext...
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