http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_07_22_a_talent.htm
I did my final four years of high school at Melbourne Grammar. Whenever I hear the song ‘Know your Enemy’ by Rage Against the Machine, it takes me back to wearing the blue school uniform, milling around the Old Bluestone:
“Yes I know my enemies,
They’re the teachers who taught me to fight me
compromise
conformity
assimilation
submission
ignorance
hypocrisy
brutality
the elite
all of which are American dreams.”
I hated the place. Continue reading
