Download or read book Mediocracy written by Alain Deneault and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they never read. Canadian intellectual juggernaut Alain Deneault has taken on all kinds of evildoers: mining companies, tax-dodgers, and corporate criminals. Now he takes on the most menacing threat of all: the mediocre.
Download or read book The Rise of the Mediocracy written by David H. Tribe and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mediocrat written by Nalbro Bartley and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mediocracy written by Fabian Tassano and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does it seem that some areas of culture are dumbing down while others are increasingly incomprehensible? The author argues that both things are symptoms of mediocracy, a new model of society in which content is sacrificed in favour of appearance and ideological correctness.
Download or read book Trapped in Mediocrity written by Katherine Baird and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our students aren’t learning, we’re falling behind other countries, and many of our college graduates are even functionally illiterate. We offer our kids a weak and poorly thought out curriculum; too many teachers do not make good use of classroom time and follow lesson plans that are superficial and repetitive; almost all state governments define “proficiency” at low levels of competency; and because kids with very uneven skills populate a classroom, teachers spend considerable time on review before introducing new material. This dismal picture is tempered by the fact that the hard work and dedication of countless teachers and administrators means that many students get an excellent education. But it doesn’t temper it much. As a group, even our top students are not as strong as are those in a large majority of other rich countries. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Katherine Baird, an economist, starts by clearly spelling out how our educational system is trapped in mediocrity. Yet, she doesn’t just expose where we are. She identifies the steps to get out of the trap. We need to (1) dramatically reform our education’s governance structure, (2) establish high expectations for all students, (3) provide adequate support to meet those expectations, and (4) introduce strong incentives for students to work hard in school so they do their part in meeting higher standards. Clearly, it isn’t as simple as it sounds, but Baird carefully examines each factor that has led to the current state in education and then spells out how a combination of policies will weaken the forces that keep our schools mediocre and instead make them ones worth copying
Download or read book Mediocre written by Ijeoma Oluo and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the smash hit #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, an "illuminating" (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity in America What happens to a country that tells generations of white men that they deserve power? What happens when their identity is defined by status over women and people of color? Through the last 150 years of American history, Ijeoma Oluo exposes the devastating consequences of white male supremacy. She then envisions a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism. Now with a new preface addressing the harrowing 2021 Capitol attack, Mediocre confronts our founding myths, in hopes that we will write better stories for future generations.
Download or read book The Rise of the Mediocracy written by David Tribe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1975, The Rise of the Mediocracy is exhaustive, disturbing, devastating, yet often very funny. It explodes the myth of meritocracy and the pretence of improved living standards. While the doom- boomers blame all our ills on trigger happy politicians, Arab oil sheikhs or polluting multinational corporations, the intractable problems of the world have come about through a multiplication of individual attitudes and actions whose end result is industrial anarchy, civil disorders, population explosion and declining standards. Many of the ‘good things’ of life- democracy, education, sociology, communications, growth, the welfare state- have contributed to the overall neurosis, trivialization and greed. As these good things will not likely be abandoned, the problems of contemporary society may well be insoluble. But if there are solutions they are unlikely to be implemented because everywhere there is an elitism not of meritocracy but of mediocracy, whose rise can be traced from the 18th century and has accelerated in recent years. No other book relates the discrediting of religion and politics, business and professions so plausibly to chaos in the arts, diminishing returns in education and curbless crime in society. This interdisciplinary book is an interesting read for students of humanities and social sciences.
Download or read book The Mediocracy written by Dominique Lecourt and published by Verso. This book was released on 2002-11-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominique Lecourt argues that a counter-revolution in French intellectual life has seen the period of the master thinkers of the 1960s succeeded by an era of generalized mediocrity. The author discusses how contemporary French ideology is content to legitimize a globally hegemonic neo-liberalism.
Download or read book Good Enough written by Daniel S. Milo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosopher Daniel Milo offers a vigorous critique of the quasi-monopoly that Darwin's natural selection has on our idea of the natural world. In popular thought, Darwinism has even acquired the trappings of an ethical system, focused on optimization, competition, and innovation. Yet in nature, imperfect creatures often have the evolutionary edge.
Download or read book Breaking the Chains of Mediocrity written by Carol Jackson Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, written under the pseudonymn, Peter Michaels, features Carol Robinson's articles for the Marianist written in 1947-1948. They offer an analysis and critique of modern life. It is the first book published from the "Collected Works" series which will put back into publication all of the known works of Carol Jackson Robinson.
Download or read book Living Above the Level of Mediocrity written by Charles R. Swindoll and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Embracing Your Inner Mediocrity written by Vince Stone and published by Sterling Media Warehouse. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious satire of the prosperity and excellence industry, Stone examines how mediocrity affects all aspects of life. He offers a simple solution for those trying to overachieve.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mediocrity Paradox written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of the constant pressure to excel in high school and beyond? Are you struggling with accepting that you're not exceptionally talented or gifted? If so, this book is for you. "The Mediocrity Paradox" is not just another book about high school and societal expectations. It's a wake-up call to those struggling with the harsh reality of not being the best. This book explores: - Why mediocrity is often seen as negative and how society views it - The pressure to excel in high school and the reality of not being the best - The psychological journey of accepting that one is not exceptional or gifted - How society defines success and the unrealistic standards set by media and social expectations - Examples of cognitive biases that lead people to believe they are better than they actually are - The phenomenon where winning can actually be detrimental, especially in high school - The statistical theory of averages and its application to high school performance and life - Each person's strengths and weaknesses, and how they can be used effectively If you're ready to redefine your understanding of success and stop letting societal expectations dictate your self-worth, then "The Mediocrity Paradox" is the book for you. It's time to understand the reality of mediocrity and embrace it. Order your copy today.
Download or read book BALTI AUR MAGGA Embrace The Mediocrity written by K. A. Sri Priya and published by SHAHAN KHAN . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Balti aur magga’ is a gripping metaphor referring to the middle class significance of allotting time to daily life chores- bathing sited here, which is as less as taking bath with one bucket of water. Embracing mediocrity is a thought that occurs out of the blue and to make people aware of it is this book’s motto as it draws its attention onto many fascinating articles. Poems and short stories.
Download or read book Chopin the Composer written by Edgar Stillman Kelley and published by New York ; London : G. Schirmer. This book was released on 1913 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
