“Hence the vogue for double majors. It isn’t enough anymore to take a bunch of electives in addition to your primary focus, to roam freely across the academic fields, making serendipitous connections and discoveries, the way that American higher education was designed (uniquely, among the world’s systems) to allow you to do.” WorldWayEnoughFocusFieldsHigherMajorsDiscoveryConnectionsBunchPrimariesAcademicHigher EducationVogue Book:Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life Source: Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
“Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people's ideas, or memorizing a body of information, however much those may sometimes be useful. Developing your own ideas. In short, thinking for yourself.” PeopleThinkingMayMeanLongIdeasSometimesEnoughBodyOne ThingInformationDevelopingConcentratingMemorizing Author:William Deresiewicz
