America has made the mistake of letting the A student run things. It was A students who briefly took over the business world during the period of derivatives, credit swaps, and collateralized debt obligations. We’re still reeling from the effects. This is why good businessmen have always adhered to the maxim: “A students work for B students.” Or, as a businessman friend of mine put it, “B students work for C students—A students teach.”
-- P.J. O'Rourke
Phones are turning students into zombies
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Here is a disturbing essay on today's college students by a tenured
professor at a regional public university that caters to very typical, very
average Ame...
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