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I'd never come across the word "valedictocracy" before reading this column in the New York Times.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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I'd never come across the word "valedictocracy" before reading this column in the New York Times.
Academia 2008
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Even more than past administrations, this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes.
david brooks | the insider’s crusade « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Even more than past administrations, this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes.
November « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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"[S] uperb ... the best of the Washington insiders ... this will be a valedictocracy -- rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes."
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In David Brooks 'op-ed piece in the NY Times today, he refers to this new administration as the valedictocracy - rule by those who graduated first in their high school classes.
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In David Brooks 'op-ed piece in the NY Times today, he refers to this new administration as the valedictocracy - rule by those who graduated first in their high school classes.
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In David Brooks 'op-ed piece in the NY Times today, he refers to this new administration as the valedictocracy - rule by those who graduated first in their high school classes.
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Even more than past administrations, this will be a valedictocracy †"rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes.
BrothersJudd Blog 2008
john commented on the word valedictocracy
“This truly will be an administration that looks like America, or at least that slice of America that got double 800s on their SATs. Even more than past administrations, this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes. If a foreign enemy attacks the United States during the Harvard-Yale game any time over the next four years, we’re screwed.�?
The New York Times, The Insider’s Crusade, by David Brooks, November 21, 2008
November 22, 2008
reesetee commented on the word valedictocracy
I'd sooner have that than a stupidocracy!
November 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word valedictocracy
Yes, it's about damn time.
Edit: also, Mr. Brooks is showing his age. SATs don't score up to 1600 anymore. In just a couple years, his phrasing will look really stupid. Bet he didn't think about that. Stick that in your valedictocracy and smoke it.
November 22, 2008