Correct.
But of course the latte-sippers who still talk about where they went to school at 50, for whom "elite institutions" are retaining walls in their self-image, will reject this near-flawless analysis for the very reasons Robinson notes--in my terms, because they want to feel super-special for having waltzed to home plate after having been born on third base.
Sure they--me--put in effort. No shit. The point is where you start once you start putting in your effort, let alone the absolutely perverse notion that education is some kind of accoutrement. You know, like something you'd buy at the mall. Or an Izod alligator.
The article.
But of course the latte-sippers who still talk about where they went to school at 50, for whom "elite institutions" are retaining walls in their self-image, will reject this near-flawless analysis for the very reasons Robinson notes--in my terms, because they want to feel super-special for having waltzed to home plate after having been born on third base.
Sure they--me--put in effort. No shit. The point is where you start once you start putting in your effort, let alone the absolutely perverse notion that education is some kind of accoutrement. You know, like something you'd buy at the mall. Or an Izod alligator.
The article.