In this thread: a menagerie of horrors from Tony Wagner & Ted Dintersmith’s “Most Likely to Succeed” — starting w/ a UCLA grad who moved to Nicaragua so he could afford to pay off his U.S. student debtpic.twitter.com/0DNUT898ol
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20% of college *graduates* can’t correctly perform basic math operations. Two thirds can’t read a complex book & comprehend what they’ve read.pic.twitter.com/gxbEq9gDts
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U.S. colleges are incentivized to advertise themselves to prospective students they would never actually accept, because dismissing those kids demonstrates “selectivity” & boosts their USNWR rankings.pic.twitter.com/ppVUzC3A6m
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Some employers continue to turn down highly qualified & experienced candidates on the basis of SAT scores earned decades prior — scores that are very effectively gamed with extended-time exemptions & test-prep tutors that only affluent families can affordpic.twitter.com/dPVi8KMAbX
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“You did this to Bill Gates, then you did this to Mark Zuckerberg. You have done this to every creative entrepreneur here. All we do is drop out with a bitter taste in our mouth.”pic.twitter.com/1YDp5ovpLw
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From the book:https://www.amazon.com/Most-Likely-Succeed-Preparing-Innovation/dp/1501104322/ref=nodl_ …
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Also strongly recommend the documentary based on the book, available on iTunes:https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4267108/ …
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Interesting. In the UK universities reliably inflate their admission requirements so as to receive *fewer* applicants (only those with higher grades), making them appear more elite.
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