Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever
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Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever is a 2009 memoir
by Walter Kirn
. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University
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The author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic.
The book was reviewed twice in the New York Times. The Times also listed it as a "notable book of 2009".
Other reviews appeared in the Washington Post and Commentary Magazine, and the book was recommended on Time Magazine's "Short List of Things to Do".
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
by Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. His latest book is the 2009 memoir Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever.-Overview:...
. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
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The author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic.
The book was reviewed twice in the New York Times. The Times also listed it as a "notable book of 2009".
Other reviews appeared in the Washington Post and Commentary Magazine, and the book was recommended on Time Magazine's "Short List of Things to Do".