http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/meritocracys-demerits/
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"... exam-smart, not street-smart"???
Seriously? I'm not from an elite school (RJ or HCI) nor am I an overseas scholar doing undergrad in the Ivy leagues. But as a humble local stat-board scholar from the decent VJC, I won't say I am exam-smart any more than myself being street-smarted.
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I strongly disagree with the stereotyping of people who are academically inclined (even a subconscious bias to think all scholars must look studious/geeky) to be less "socially intelligent" than any other average Joe
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But I have to concur with the author about the snobbishness of the "elites". If having a better scholastic standing means a right to look down on the others then be ashamed of what you proclaimed to be an education because you haven't been educated.
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My father is a cancer patient forced to retire, not a doctor; my mum is a housewife, not a lawyer. I am who I am by dint of [my] own hard work. Admire me, not for my journey, but for my refusal to be classed together with the "elites".
At the very least, I am not blind to my own de-merits and merits of others who are less favoured.
