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And what if you find this out, but worked your ass off and got straight As during your degree? Were your parents giving you unknown help then, too? Can you ask

by lainga 8y ago

And what if you find this out, but worked your ass off and got straight As during your degree? Were your parents giving you unknown help then, too? Can you ask them? Where does it end?

Balgair 8y ago
Like, they tried so hard on your behalf. They spent so much money on you. They really did it out of the goodness of their hearts and in love of their child, in their own twisted way. And now? I mean, it all blew up in their faces. All their best intentions made everything just so much more horrible for their children. They'll never wash this off. My lord, not even Aristophanes himself could write a tragedy on this scale. EDIT: And the parents were laughing with their fixer at the deception that they pulled on their kids! They were laughing at the naivete of their very children that they fooled. I can't even begin to process what was going through those parents' minds. What were they thinking?!
- smallgovt 8y ago
  >> They'll never wash this off. I wouldn't go that far. If I ever interacted with these unaware children, I would go out of my way to not hold it against them. They did nothing wrong.
  - lwhsiao 8y ago
    I think the "They'll" was referring to the parents.
- anigbrowl 8y ago
  They were thinking this is how you get ahead because that's how a lot of people get ahead. Not to be cliche about it, but there is rather a lot of corruption in the upper echelons of society.
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    And there shouldn't be, which is why efforts like this are necessary.
- toomanybeersies 8y ago
  > They really did it out of the goodness of their hearts and in love of their child, in their own twisted way. Did they? Or did they do it out of vanity that their children need to look like they are the best? I'd guess they did it for their own self image. Imagine being rich and famous, and your kid is too stupid to get into a good college, that would be embarrassing.
- kkarakk 8y ago
  no one is going to care in a month, these people are super rich. i doubt anything more than fines and a slap on the wrist
sizzle 8y ago
When you are born into privilege (kid of a celebrity), you are afforded the best private tutors and academic resources that money can buy during you academic career, starting from childhood. Assuming you are born with a neurotypical brain, you are at an advantage over your less wealthy peers from day one whether you perceive it or not.
- kotajacob 8y ago
  Additionally they'd have decent regular meals, presumably plenty of time to sleep, and time to work on schoolwork. Plus they probably don't need to work while in middleschool, highschool and college.
  - sizzle 8y ago
    Absolutely, these environmental factors make a huge difference. Know any good studies on the effects of environment on student performance/success?
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > When you are born into privilege (kid of a celebrity), you are afforded the best private tutors and academic resources that money can buy The most expensive, sure, but the best? Celebrities are often no more qualified to select quality outside of their field—and education is rarely the field of any celebrity in our society—than any random person picked off be street, and they are a lot higher value target for charlatans. Sure, they may have staff who nominally assist them, but even if the staff are skilled and would be useful if they were vigorously loyal, they, in some cases, can be corruptly influenced just like university staff can.

by lainga 8y ago

And what if you find this out, but worked your ass off and got straight As during your degree? Were your parents giving you unknown help then, too? Can you ask them? Where does it end?

Balgair 8y ago

Like, they tried so hard on your behalf. They spent so much money on you. They really did it out of the goodness of their hearts and in love of their child, in their own twisted way. And now? I mean, it all blew up in their faces. All their best intentions made everything just so much more horrible for their children. They'll never wash this off. My lord, not even Aristophanes himself could write a tragedy on this scale. EDIT: And the parents were laughing with their fixer at the deception that they pulled on their kids! They were laughing at the naivete of their very children that they fooled. I can't even begin to process what was going through those parents' minds. What were they thinking?!

smallgovt 8y ago
>> They'll never wash this off. I wouldn't go that far. If I ever interacted with these unaware children, I would go out of my way to not hold it against them. They did nothing wrong.
- lwhsiao 8y ago
  I think the "They'll" was referring to the parents.
anigbrowl 8y ago
They were thinking this is how you get ahead because that's how a lot of people get ahead. Not to be cliche about it, but there is rather a lot of corruption in the upper echelons of society.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  And there shouldn't be, which is why efforts like this are necessary.
toomanybeersies 8y ago
> They really did it out of the goodness of their hearts and in love of their child, in their own twisted way. Did they? Or did they do it out of vanity that their children need to look like they are the best? I'd guess they did it for their own self image. Imagine being rich and famous, and your kid is too stupid to get into a good college, that would be embarrassing.
kkarakk 8y ago
no one is going to care in a month, these people are super rich. i doubt anything more than fines and a slap on the wrist

sizzle 8y ago

When you are born into privilege (kid of a celebrity), you are afforded the best private tutors and academic resources that money can buy during you academic career, starting from childhood. Assuming you are born with a neurotypical brain, you are at an advantage over your less wealthy peers from day one whether you perceive it or not.

kotajacob 8y ago
Additionally they'd have decent regular meals, presumably plenty of time to sleep, and time to work on schoolwork. Plus they probably don't need to work while in middleschool, highschool and college.
- sizzle 8y ago
  Absolutely, these environmental factors make a huge difference. Know any good studies on the effects of environment on student performance/success?
dragonwriter 8y ago
> When you are born into privilege (kid of a celebrity), you are afforded the best private tutors and academic resources that money can buy The most expensive, sure, but the best? Celebrities are often no more qualified to select quality outside of their field—and education is rarely the field of any celebrity in our society—than any random person picked off be street, and they are a lot higher value target for charlatans. Sure, they may have staff who nominally assist them, but even if the staff are skilled and would be useful if they were vigorously loyal, they, in some cases, can be corruptly influenced just like university staff can.