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Ep. 171: Is Slow Productivity the Solution to Burnout?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
College Admissions, Hysteria and the Selectivity of Schools
When i was a graduate student, there was a huge issue with college students stress because of two things that occurred during this period. I'm in california where kids seem to take an average of eight exams and seem to have weighted g pas over four. And it upsets me when people point to examples like steve jobbs or larry ellison and claim a college degree is not important to succeed. If you can do it on the campus, we are taking the classes. It's all just combined with, i'm gone doing school. It's my shift. And then i'm back so that clarity, i think, is going to go a long way.
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