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Deresiewicz addresses the pressure of succeeding under which students are put by their parents and by society, considering more particularly the ones that are. As a professor at yale, william deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nations top schools should bebut arentproviding. The exyale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students those sheep, pushy parents. As a professor at yale, bill deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. The isbn is 9781476702711 for the hardbound book and 9781476701735 for the ebook. Im not sure william deresiewicz s solution of encouraging more people to get liberal arts degrees is enough to address this problem, especially seeing how much ive learned during the last two years about making money in ways which dont require a college education at all, but hes sure right in shining a light on the problem. Im not sure william deresiewiczs solution of encouraging more people to get liberal arts degrees is enough to address this problem, especially seeing how much ive learned during the last two years about making money in ways which dont require a college education at all, but hes sure right in shining a light on the problem. Aug, 2014 excellent sheep is likely to make more of a lasting mark than many of these books, for three reasons. Pdf excellent sheep download full pdf book download. The former yale english professor william deresiewicz stirred up quite a storm earlier this month with his new republic essay dont send your kid to the ivy leaguea damning critique of. Miseducation download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. An extended essay about how elite colleges and universities are failing to serve students and society. Excellent sheep takes a sharp look at the highpressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications deresiewicz saw.