Peter Sacksis an author, essayist, and social critic who writes and speaks extensively on education and American culture. He is author ofGeneration X Goes to College: An Eye-Opening Account of Teaching in Postmodern AmericaandStandardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We can do to Change it.His essays have appeared inThe Nation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Boston Review, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and other publications.