[SustainableTompkins] Fwd: Another Justice Issue The Disadavantages of an Elite Education

[northsheep at juno.com]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:06:46 -0400 senecajean at aol.com writes:
 
because these 
> schools tend to cultivate liberal attitudes, they leave their 
> students in the paradoxical position of wanting to advocate on 
> behalf of the working class while being unable to hold a simple 
> conversation with anyone in it.
 
> But it isn't just a matter of class. My education taught me to 
> believe that people who didn't go to an Ivy League or equivalent 
> school weren't worth talking to, regardless of their class. I was 
> given the unmistakable message that such people were beneath me. We 
> were "the best and the brightest," as these places love to say, and 
> everyone else was, well, something else: less good, less bright. 
 
Having long ago succumbed and submitted to a bout of elitist education, I
have learned to think of myself as a 'recovering elitoholic'. In my case
at least, recovery seems to be a life-long struggle, as with alcoholism.
A career as a peasant-aspirant has had curative value, but full recovery
has been elusive. Twelve step program suggestions anyone?
 
Karl North
Northland Sheep Dairy, Freetown, New York USA
     www.geocities.com/northsheep/
"Mother Nature never farms without animals" - Albert Howard
"Pueblo que canta no morira" - Cuban saying
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