Blog Post 3

1.    1. Deresiewicz, W. "I Saw The Best Minds Of My Generation Destroyed By The Ivy League." New Republic 245.13 (n.d.): 24-29. Social Sciences Citation Index. Web. 11 Oct. 2016.
   a.     Just by briefly skimming this key words popped up that will help me with my research paper. One woman discusses the changes in her boyfriend's behavior after attending school at Yale. She explains that he had this intelligent facade but underneath was nothing more than an early twenties man more eager to network with rich business men and maintain his ivy persona than to learn and further his education in his passion.
   2.     Thompson, Lyndon. "Please don't cling to the ivy." Education Journal Jan. 2009: 20. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Oct. 2016.
   a.     This also will be a useful scholarly article because this focuses on how Ivy Leagues tend to focus more on research than they do with actual academic working. I think that if I continue to read this it will further my research.
   3.     Lawler, Peter Augustine. "Grade Inflation, Democracy, And The Ivy League." Perspectives On Political Science 30.3 (2001): 133. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Oct. 2016. 
   a.     This article explains the difference between “ironic grades” and real grades, created by a professor at Harvard. Harvard’s average grade is an A minus but it wasn’t always that way. Grades are being “inflated” because while before a C was average, a future employer won’t even look at a C average. This article is supporting the idea that the average grades have increased in schools like Harvard even though students aren’t proven to be any smarter than previous students.