Most of us here at Dartmouth have only closely observed two presidential elections in our lives, plus a few midterms. But as we gear up for some big political events this fall, the recurrent theme of ideological elitism is unfailingly making its return into politics. From my observations, especially on college campuses such as ours, the real root of ultraliberal elitism is the misconception that this elitism is, in fact, intellectualism. More »
We all know about the guy in German 1 who has taken six years of the language in high school, or the girl in Math 3 who has been taking college-level math courses since she was 12. The native speaker in Spanish 37, who breezes through “Memorias de una Vaca” while his less knowledgeable classmates are plodding through it with much difficulty, also comes to mind. People like this are examples of what is at Dartmouth a common yet unjustified practice: choosing to take courses that are far below their level of knowledge of or experience in the subject. This is unfair not only to the overqualified student’s classmates, but also to the student himself. More »
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