Saw this book on Bill Gates' list of books he was interested in reading. I have one son in college, another in his senior year of high school, and a freshman in high school. As a college senior many years ago, I worked in the admissions office of my college, and thought I had a pretty good idea of how the admissions process worked.
Not only do I have a better understanding of the mechanics of college admissions, I have a much greater appreciation for the inequity inherent in higher education. We do ourselves no favors when we deny opportunity to students based solely on their standardized scores - we're depriving ourselves of the next generation of doctors, policy makers, leaders, entrepreneurs whose experiences would enrich the work they do and benefit everyone.
I'm grateful for Tough's book; I have a much different appreciation of the role of a college …
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Rick Klau rated Study Guide: 5 stars
Rick Klau rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 5 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Rick Klau rated Dark of the moon: 1 star
John Sandford: Dark of the moon (2007, G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Dark of the moon by John Sandford
Virgil Flowers-tall, lean, late thirties, three times divorced, hair way too long for a cop's-had kicked around for a while …
Rick Klau rated Say Nothing: 5 stars
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her …
Rick Klau rated The Border: 5 stars
Rick Klau rated Catch and Kill: 5 stars
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
In this newly updated edition of the “meticulous and devastating” (Associated Press) account of violence and espionage that spent months …
Rick Klau reviewed The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough (No)
Review of 'The Years That Matter Most' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Saw this book on Bill Gates' list of books he was interested in reading. I have one son in college, another in his senior year of high school, and a freshman in high school. As a college senior many years ago, I worked in the admissions office of my college, and thought I had a pretty good idea of how the admissions process worked.
Not only do I have a better understanding of the mechanics of college admissions, I have a much greater appreciation for the inequity inherent in higher education. We do ourselves no favors when we deny opportunity to students based solely on their standardized scores - we're depriving ourselves of the next generation of doctors, policy makers, leaders, entrepreneurs whose experiences would enrich the work they do and benefit everyone.
I'm grateful for Tough's book; I have a much different appreciation of the role of a college education in social mobility - and the many obstacles students from less advantaged backgrounds face when they attempt to secure that mobility. Highly recommended.
Rick Klau reviewed The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001—a panoramic narrative woven from the voices …
Review of 'The Only Plane in the Sky' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I can't remember another reading experience like this. Whatever your own experience of 9/11 was - and for all of us who lived through it, we remember where we were, what we were doing - Garrett takes that lived experience and makes the day come alive through the stories of hundreds of Americans, and makes you feel like your memories blend with those of the people whose stories are told on these pages.
I'd read the original magazine article that formed the basis of the book, and I remember thinking what a revelation it was to hear from those closest to the President what that day was like from their perspective. To take that and turn it into this book - with all the nuance, drama, emotion, loss, love - is an astounding achievement. I feel lucky to have read this on 9/11, and cannot recommend it highly enough.
The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Widely heralded as a "masterful" (Washington Post) and "essential" (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein's The Color …
Rick Klau rated Super Pumped: 5 stars
Rick Klau reviewed Just Giving by Rob Reich
Review of 'Just Giving' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fascinating, thought-provoking, challenging examination of the role of philanthropy in society. Highly recommended.
