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I dislike many of the self-help gurus. However, there are other glaring errors there too. SAT scores have not been in a 20 year decline. They have gone up and down from 1975-1995. Up through the end of the 70's, down through the early 80's, back up from the late 80's to early 90's. And this is during a time that the percentage of students increased steadily, so just on those stats alone, they should have gone down due to commonality. But they didn't, and the test got tougher in 1975.
I really don't like how Salerno equates positive self worth as a link to "sociopath" and "drug kingpin" behaviour. Hyperbole has a new #1 lover. Maybe we should tell all of the kids every day that they are worthless and weak. That'll make them Solid Citizens.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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