Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

most of the meat was a holden caulfieldesque biography with big words, which i hadn't counted on and didn't really like. the ending, sopranoending-like in quickness was obvious and my only reason for buying it in the first place: because it mocks academia and exposes its phoniness. i just wish it had been less of a dark story about his drug/sex filled young adulthood and more of a...more

most of the meat was a holden caulfieldesque biography with big words, which i hadn't counted on and didn't really like. the ending, sopranoending-like in quickness was obvious and my only reason for buying it in the first place: because it mocks academia and exposes its phoniness. i just wish it had been less of a dark story about his drug/sex filled young adulthood and more of a citing of examples on how and why higher "education" is a fraud.   hide