By the time a young person gets into college, a Harvard or Yale included, they have a lot of forming, nature and nurture-intellectual bent, and upbringing (emotionally, morally). This relates to elementary school and community experiences as well. College is a topping off, a further widening but in a sense a narrowing too. Harvard and Ya…
By the time a young person gets into college, a Harvard or Yale included, they have a lot of forming, nature and nurture-intellectual bent, and upbringing (emotionally, morally). This relates to elementary school and community experiences as well. College is a topping off, a further widening but in a sense a narrowing too. Harvard and Yale and other highly regarded schools are sought for the access they provide with the achievement- this label- i.e. "a Harvard Graduate". It works as a status symbol but also raises expectations from others. But we should not assume that these folks are better morally or even intellectually than the ordinary person. They are not. They still must prove themselves. But, because of access, they can postpone that inevitable reckoning from a high place. We do but should not blame the college though It does devalue the college in our minds at least. Dershowitz .....even a professor!
By the time a young person gets into college, a Harvard or Yale included, they have a lot of forming, nature and nurture-intellectual bent, and upbringing (emotionally, morally). This relates to elementary school and community experiences as well. College is a topping off, a further widening but in a sense a narrowing too. Harvard and Yale and other highly regarded schools are sought for the access they provide with the achievement- this label- i.e. "a Harvard Graduate". It works as a status symbol but also raises expectations from others. But we should not assume that these folks are better morally or even intellectually than the ordinary person. They are not. They still must prove themselves. But, because of access, they can postpone that inevitable reckoning from a high place. We do but should not blame the college though It does devalue the college in our minds at least. Dershowitz .....even a professor!