Reading Excellent Sheep was like getting backstage pass to the admissions process at Ivy League schools by a Yalie professor. The chapters on the history of the admissions process of Ivy League schools were fascinating to read. Seeing Deresiewicz pick apart the system of Harvard and Yale was nothing short of satisfying, and I left feeling convinced that the quality of education between an Ivy League school and a small liberal arts college were evenly matched.

Unforutnately, Deresiewicz took things a little too far. In Excellent Sheep’s final section, I was hoping that Deresiewicz would wrap things up with a hopeful plea for the reformation of education for the betterment of society. I was surprised to see him bashing President Obama, Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and many others; claiming that they are incapable of connecting to the poor on a personal level and worse, that they are incapable of thinking outside the box. Instead of feeling refreshed and hopeful, I left feeling like Deresiewicz was kind of bitter about the whole system that he could not get over his first point. Yes, I get that Ivy League schools are corrupt, but what should we do about it?