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A New York Times Notable Book A Daily Beast Best Book of the Year A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year 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. But when he launched himself eastward to an Ivy League university, Kirn discovered that the temple of higher learning he had expected was instead just another arena for more gamesmanship, snobbery, and social climbing. 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.


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  • Author : Walter Kirn
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Total Pages : 226 pages
  • ISBN : 0307279456
  • PDF File Size : 39,6 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 5/5 from 1 reviews

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Lost in the Meritocracy

Lost in the Meritocracy
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • File Size : 43,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 June 2010
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A New York Times Notable Book A Daily Beast Best Book of the Year A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year From elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how

Lost in the Meritocracy

Lost in the Meritocracy
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • File Size : 34,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 19 May 2009
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  • Release Date : 23 June 2024
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  • Release Date : 31 March 2011
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  • Publisher : Other Press
  • File Size : 33,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 September 2005
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