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Jiang says he would probably go to Yale again because poor people trying to move ahead have few alternatives, but he refuses to send his children into that traumatic environment.
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Jiang says he would probably go to Yale again because poor people trying to move ahead have few alternatives, but he refuses to send his children into that traumatic environment.
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For poor students without family power, Yale or Harvard can be destructive because the system trains arrogance, utilitarian calculation, narrowness, fear of failure, and inability to learn deeply.
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"So as you say, Yale gives you so many negative emotions, so will you still go there if you got a second chance?"
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"Okay. So that's a really good question. Would I go there if I had a second chance? And the answer is probably, okay? And..."
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"So it's a really bad system, because if you're like me, okay, you're just a normal person, your family's not rich or powerful, and..."
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"So it's a great system if you come from a rich family, because this system trains you to go into power. But if you're..."
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"...much more likely to be depressed and identify as depressed than poor students. All right? So this is leading to a crisis in America...."
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The lecture turns meritocracy from a school virtue into a trauma machine: Harvard invents selection as power preservation, Yale trains insecurity as ambition, and the winners become actors who can promise goodness while serving...
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