The Best of the Best : Becoming Elite at an American Boarding School.
Gaztambide-Fernández, Rubén A.
The Best of the Best : Becoming Elite at an American Boarding School. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (308 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Totally Elite -- 2 Getting In -- 3 Being Smart, Working Hard -- 4 Reserved Seating -- 5 Bonding Rituals -- 6 Unequal Distinctions -- 7 Envisioning an Elite Future -- Appendix: Researching Identification at an Elite Boarding School -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
For two years, the author shared the life of the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, this book reveals a small world of ambitious, intensely pressured students.
9780674053878
Boarding schools-United States-Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences)-Education-United States-Case studies.
Electronic books.
LC4941
373.2/220973
The Best of the Best : Becoming Elite at an American Boarding School. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (308 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Totally Elite -- 2 Getting In -- 3 Being Smart, Working Hard -- 4 Reserved Seating -- 5 Bonding Rituals -- 6 Unequal Distinctions -- 7 Envisioning an Elite Future -- Appendix: Researching Identification at an Elite Boarding School -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
For two years, the author shared the life of the "Weston School," an elite New England boarding school. Vividly describing the pastoral landscape and graceful buildings, the variety of classes and activities, and the official and unofficial rules that define the school, this book reveals a small world of ambitious, intensely pressured students.
9780674053878
Boarding schools-United States-Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences)-Education-United States-Case studies.
Electronic books.
LC4941
373.2/220973