The best of the best: Becoming elite at an American boarding school
Publication Type:
BookSource:
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., p.297 (2009)ISBN:
9780674035683Call Number:
Cubb LC4941 .G39 2009Keywords:
Boarding schools--United States--Case studies Elite (Social sciences)--Education--United States--Case studiesAbstract:
Contents: Totally elite -- Getting in -- Being smart, working hard -- Reserved seating -- Bonding rituals -- Unequal distinctions -- Envisioning an elite future.
Notes:
"Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the rich variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, The Best of the Best reveals a small world of deeply ambitious, intensely pressured students. Some are on scholarship, others have never met a public school student, but all feel they have earned their place as a "Westonian" by being smart and working hard. Weston is a family, they declare, with a niche for everyone, but the hierarchy of coolness -- the way in which class, race, sexism, and good looks can determine one’s place -- is well known."
