Negative Space: college
- Animal House
- The most riotous and influential movie of my generation. Geez, but that’s disgusting. This was one of the first movies I ever saw in the theatre, possibly the first movie. My dad took me to see it when I was about fourteen—and after seeing some of the nudity, just said “we don’t need to tell your mom about those scenes”. Me, I didn’t care so much about the nudity. I was hooked on John Belushi’s craziness.
- Bill Gates’s education
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If we gave every child Bill Gates’s education, we’d have to pop the higher education bubble. But it would usher in a new age of prosperity that makes everyone richer.
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- The Closing of the American Mind•
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“How higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today’s students.”
- Dear Committee Members• (paperback)
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I spent much of my career at a small University, and the insular office politics rings very true—so much so that there are people to whom I would not recommend reading this as it might cause dangerous flashbacks. It is extremely funny. Professor Fitger no longer cares about advancing his career and so writes honestly but, for the most part, effectively. (Julie Schumacher)
