"... most elite schools, do only a mediocre job of teaching students to question and think. They focus instead, through the filter of standardised tests, enrichment activities, AP classes, high-priced tutors, swanky private schools, entrance exams and blind deference to authority, on creating hordes of competent system managers. Responsibility for the collapse of the global economy runs in a direct line from the manicured quadrangles and academic halls in these institutions."

     CHRIS HEDGES