<p>Thanks for the link to the Murray piece, Periwinkle…I’ve printed it out (how old school of me!) and will read it tonight.</p>
<p>My reasons for liking the Gabler piece have little to do with whether I agree that the 1% (socio-economic or educational) actually does suck up " a disproportionate share of academic opportunities…"…and more about his observations about the nature of education in general, that it has become less of a process and more of a means to an end. See the quotes I’ve cited above.</p>
<p>What I’m trying to avoid is raising children who think matriculation at Stone Hill College is somehow worthy of ridicule (reference to a thread from the past year). I think a culture that encourages “developing of one’s own superiority” can lead to this.</p>