Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever, by Walter Kirn. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2009, 211 pp., $24.95 hardbound.

Lost in the meritocracy: the undereducation of an overachiever

✍ Walter Kirn 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Doubleday 🌐 English ⚖ 157 KB

EDITORIAL REVIEW: 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, extracurricular activities, and c

Lost in the meritocracy: the undereducation of an overachiever

✍ Walter Kirn 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Doubleday 🌐 English ⚖ 156 KB

EDITORIAL REVIEW: 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, extracurricular activities, and c

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducat

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

✍ Walter Kirn 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 🌐 English ⚖ 156 KB

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 laun

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducat

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

✍ Walter Kirn 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 🌐 en-US ⚖ 156 KB

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

Lost in the meritocracy: the undereducat

Lost in the meritocracy: the undereducation of an overachiever

✍ Walter Kirn 📂 Fiction 📅 2009 🏛 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 🌐 English ⚖ 156 KB

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

The management of municipal solid waste

The management of municipal solid waste in Europe (Economic, technological and evironmental perspectives): edited by A. Quadrio Curzio, L. Prosperettti and R. Zoboli. Available from: Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands and from: P.O. Box 945, Madison Square Station, New York, NY 10159-0945. (November 1994, ISBN: 0-444-81948-7 Hardbound, 264 pp. Price: US $195, Dfl. 240.00)

✍ Walter M. Shaub 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 77 KB