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    <title>Lost in the meritocracy</title>
    <subTitle>the undereducation of an overachiever</subTitle>
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    <publisher>Doubleday</publisher>
    <dateIssued>cop. 2009</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2009</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed.</edition>
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  <abstract>Chronicles the author's trip through American higher education, where standardized tests, class rankings and gamesmanship stand in the way of true intellectual fulfillment, revealing the psychic costs of the American educational system.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Walter Kirn.</note>
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  <classification authority="lcc">PS 3561 K59l 2009</classification>
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