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So who do you blame?
The parents who took advantage of the cheat the was offered or made available to them?
or
The Colleges that made the cheat available for a price?
How many here would not take advantage if they had the cash, to help their children? Many will lie and say not I.
I would. To go to Harvard, or Yale or any elite Ivy League school? Hell yes.
It isn't just the education you gain, it is the contacts you make and the doors having those schools on your resume opens.
How many Presidents are graduates of Goatville community college? How many CEO's made it to the top after graduating from a no name University?
I get why parents who have the means would cheat.
I blame the parents and the schools and coaches involved.
And no, I'm too ethical to do something like this. I've always conducted myself in a manner that would inform my children about how they should behave in life. We never cut corners and we don't cheat.
This isn't helping your kids, it's showing them that cheating is okay if it benefits them. I've always been a better parent than that and expected better from my children - and so far they haven't disappointed me and they're now in their 30's.
I think you can do the same thing by making it cost her a LOT of money.
I'd save jail for killers and thieves, that kind of thing.
They have a net worth of 100M. It doesn't matter how much you fine them, the impact will be zero. They'll make up for it in return on investments in less than a year anyway. Having to sit in prison in Gen Pop is what they need.
On Friday, Lori Loughlin was sentenced to two months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to federal charges connected to the college admissions cheating scandal.
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton accepted Loughlin's plea agreement a few hours after he sentenced her husband, Mossimo Giannulli.
The 56-year-old "Full House" star will have to pay a $150,000 fine and complete 100 hours of community service. She will have supervised release for two years after completing her prison sentence.
So who do you blame?
The parents who took advantage of the cheat the was offered or made available to them?
or
The Colleges that made the cheat available for a price?
How many here would not take advantage if they had the cash, to help their children? Many will lie and say not I.
I would. To go to Harvard, or Yale or any elite Ivy League school? Hell yes.
It isn't just the education you gain, it is the contacts you make and the doors having those schools on your resume opens.
How many Presidents are graduates of Goatville community college? How many CEO's made it to the top after graduating from a no name University?
I get why parents who have the means would cheat.
The stupid part of the whole thing is that they could have given direct to the college as a donation and got their child in.
I know someone who did it. He quoted the exact numbers it took to get into certain well known schools.
They might have actually gotten in cheaper by endowing scholarships at those schools.
So who do you blame?
The parents who took advantage of the cheat the was offered or made available to them?
or
The Colleges that made the cheat available for a price?
How many here would not take advantage if they had the cash, to help their children? Many will lie and say not I.
I would. To go to Harvard, or Yale or any elite Ivy League school? Hell yes.
It isn't just the education you gain, it is the contacts you make and the doors having those schools on your resume opens.
How many Presidents are graduates of Goatville community college? How many CEO's made it to the top after graduating from a no name University?
I get why parents who have the means would cheat.
I assisted my children by moving to the best school district in my area, signing them up for enrichment opportunities for topics that interested them, and hiring tutors when they struggled in physics and calculus. I did not edit their college essays or pay college counselors to improve their chances of acceptance, and I certainly did not offer anyone a bribe!
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