... an Elite Education by William Deresiewicz. Maybe the most important passage of that article for those in legal education comes near the end."But if you're afraid to fail, you're afraid to take risks, which begins to explain the final and most damning disadvantage of an elite education: that it is profoundly anti-intellectual. This will seem counterintuitive. Aren't kids at ...

Very interesting article by William Deresiewicz, which begins: It didn't dawn on me that there might be a few holes in my education until I was about 35. I'd just bought a house, the pipes needed fixing, and the plumber was standing in my kitchen. There he was, a short, beefy guy with a goatee and [...]

Another timeout from wedding stuff for some political musings.  I'm trying to present this information in a relatively unbiased light.  I'll be absolutely the first person to admit that one can obtain an excellent education from a state or otherwise "lesser" college.  There is nothing that says someone with a degree from, oh say, Yale [...]

... rhetorical skills necessary for success in law or medicine or science or business. But a humanistic education is supposed to mean something more than that, as universities still dimly feel. So when students get to college, they hear a ... terms—the junior journalist, the budding astronomer, the language prodigy. We are slouching, even at elite schools, toward a glorified form of vocational training.

... up the paragraph explaining how she's dissapointed that the Obama's send their children to an elite private school, and how Mr. Biden sent all three of his children to elite ... side and sad news on the other. Anyone? I'm truly happy that another parent is involved in their child's education. But it's as if any Republican parent has no right to do what she "thinks" the Democratic Party should espouse. ...

... know as an effective tool to do this. Third, he argues that there are far more effective ways to obtain an education and training, such as classes and certification, rather than your typical 4 year college program. Fourth ... and it is of paramount importance to give them the education they need to lead. These elite include people in corporations, academia, politics, media, lawyers, engineers, clergy ...