What do you suppose inspires so many career-minded young people to take on ginormous student loan debt to obtain useless liberal arts degrees that haven’t been in demand since resumes were printed on typewriters? And where are their doting, or maybe the more accurate word is coddling, parents in all[…] Read On
You’ve probably heard that the College Board – which administers SATs – in its infinite wisdom has come up with an additional score that’s supposed to rate a student’s adversity (or privilege, same thing) and level the playing field, whatever that means. So with all the cheating scandals, grade[…] Read On
All the polls indicate that capitalism has somehow managed to develop a bad reputation. And when I say bad, I mean bad. Really bad. It’s a real crisis, in my view. And that’s not going to change on its own. Bad reputations never do. They just get worse. I can’t[…] Read On
“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” – John Kander, Fred Ebb I never asked to have an interesting life – it just sort of came with the territory. And it all started in Brooklyn. I don’t blog much about growing up in New York c. 60s[…] Read On
The parents indicted in the sweeping college admissions scam are apparently shell-shocked that federal prosecutors are playing hardball. The first wave of scammers to appear in court were offered plea deals with no prison time, but only in exchange for admissions of guilt and felony convictions. And that could cost[…] Read On
This is what we’ve come to. The massive college admissions scandal rocking the nation is like a filthy, slimy window into the dark side of our entitled culture. Dozens — before the dust settles maybe hundreds — of rich, coddling parents bribing their precious snowflakes’ way into elite schools like[…] Read On
This is a pop-up quiz. Don’t like quiz’s? Tough. You’ll like this one. Promise. See if you can figure out what’s wrong with this ad for Associate Dean of Students for Inclusion and Belonging, Harvard University (hints highlighted in yellow, quiz at the end): Quiz (choose all correct answers): The[…] Read On