Interview 142: David Marcus on “Acceptance”
- David Marcus shares his background
- David gives an overview of his book “Acceptance” and he talks about some of the main students in the book that he tracks
- David tells us what he was trying to convey in Chapter 3, BWRK
- David talks about Chapter 4 of his book, “When everyone is special, no one is special”
- David talks about Chapter 7 of his book, which looks at the Industrial complex of college admissions
- David talks about what he was trying to convey in Chapter 8, “Donating Blood is not an extracurricular activity”
- David shares his 5 big takeaways from the book
- David talks about the value of being a big fish in a small pond
- David talks about the importance of fit and values alignment
- David talks about his own son and why he never went to college and it worked out for him
- David talks about the value of community college
- David talks about the value of diversity
- David makes a passionate plea to parents that we all need to heed
- David goes on the hot seat for our lightning round