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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Critiquing the Meritocracy: Two Good Reads

I encourage you to read the following two short pieces and consider them in relation to poverty, schooling, and society. One is entitled "Don't Give My Kid an Award." Written by a conscientious mother, this text is an example of someone with privilege explicating that privilege while using her son's schooling experience as a vignetted informal case study. The other, "How the Myth of Meritocracy Ruins Students," reveals how even the most liberal and open-minded "check your privilegers"  benefit from embracing the meritocracy mindset, at the expense of more-vulnerable citizens.
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  1. Rebecca deCocaNovember 6, 2015 at 9:54 AM

    Thanks for the links. Good articles, the second particularly comprehensive.

    It seems like all this libertarian selfishness started in the 80's under Reagan.

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