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High school and its discontents

by Scott Uzzle on Jul 9, 2011 @ 6:57am

http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html

Much of the problem with higher ed starts with high school. High school students lack direction and purpose; they also lack the academic and intellectual rigour that permits would permit them to succeed in college or other post-secondary enviroments.

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by Brett Campbell on Jul 25, 2011 @ 8:10am

To play off of the social aspect of that article (and to an extent the academic preparation as well) I am including a link to Dr. Robert Epstein's Myth of the Teen Brain agruement.

http://drrobertepstein.com/pdf/Epstein-THE_MYTH_OF_THE_TEEN_BRAIN-Scientific_American_Mind-4-07.pdf