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No empathy. The entire system is pay to play for the social connections. If they were actually interested in education the scenario would have been completely d

No empathy. The entire system is pay to play for the social connections. If they were actually interested in education the scenario would have been completely different. I saw similar fabrications growing up as I attended one of the wealthiest high schools in the country. The top 10 of my graduating class got complete scholarships the most expensive schools in the country and the parents were willing to do anything to the school faculty to make sure their child had a higher class rank.

bonestamp2 8y ago
> If they were actually interested in education the scenario would have been completely different. Seriously, I was staying at the Trump hotel in Chicago (before Trump ran for president -- before I ever gave much thought about Donald Trump). Anyway, there was a looping video on the TV and she was inviting guests to stay at any one of their other Trump hotels around "North America and Canada." It was at that moment I realized that she thought North America was some kind of Northern area of America. I no longer wonder how she got into Wharton.
- usujdjuf 8y ago
  As opposed to South America? You are dumb as rocks.
- alasdair_ 8y ago
  >Seriously, I was staying at the Trump hotel in Chicago (before Trump ran for president -- before I ever gave much thought about Donald Trump). Anyway, there was a looping video on the TV and she was inviting guests to stay at any one of their other Trump hotels around "North America and Canada." It was at that moment I realized that she thought North America was some kind of Northern area of America. I no longer wonder how she got into Wharton. Who is "she"?
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  - thoman23 8y ago
    Ivanka?
- lozenge 8y ago
  And Obama once said there were 57 states... gaffes are gaffes
  - gdne 8y ago
    He’s describing a recorded marketing video. It was deliberately produced and edited to contain that specific message. Comparing that to an off the cuff error during a live discussion is disingenuous.
    - ralmeida 8y ago
      Since it was "deliberately produced and edited", presumably by multiple people, it's even less likely to speak much about the education of the person on-screen, as the post in question appears to have questioned.
pts_ 8y ago
Makes you wonder about kids always coming first in highschool. Makes you question the whole world!
awzeemo 8y ago
Exactly. Olivia Giannulli even outright says “I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know..." (source: https://youtu.be/lveMkZc-NRE https://youtu.be/lveMkZc-NRE, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/style/olivia-jade-giannulli-college-admissions-scandal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/style/olivia-jade-giannul...)
- austincheney 8y ago
  Just to clarify my opinion, I believe there is incredible value in education. But if you are paying to join a social club that isn't education. There is an old saying "It isn't what you know its who you know". Ray Dalio says that line of thinking is disastrous. Its all about personality and experience. You put the right people in the proper places and its golden, and you can qualify those results (and who are the right people) with data.
tmm84 8y ago
My high school was like that. The top ranked students were rich foreign kids. I remember the validictorian giving his speech and no-one could understand what he was saying (in grammar and speech).

bonestamp2 8y ago

> If they were actually interested in education the scenario would have been completely different. Seriously, I was staying at the Trump hotel in Chicago (before Trump ran for president -- before I ever gave much thought about Donald Trump). Anyway, there was a looping video on the TV and she was inviting guests to stay at any one of their other Trump hotels around "North America and Canada." It was at that moment I realized that she thought North America was some kind of Northern area of America. I no longer wonder how she got into Wharton.

usujdjuf 8y ago
As opposed to South America? You are dumb as rocks.
alasdair_ 8y ago
>Seriously, I was staying at the Trump hotel in Chicago (before Trump ran for president -- before I ever gave much thought about Donald Trump). Anyway, there was a looping video on the TV and she was inviting guests to stay at any one of their other Trump hotels around "North America and Canada." It was at that moment I realized that she thought North America was some kind of Northern area of America. I no longer wonder how she got into Wharton. Who is "she"?
- deleted 8y ago
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- thoman23 8y ago
  Ivanka?
lozenge 8y ago
And Obama once said there were 57 states... gaffes are gaffes
- gdne 8y ago
  He’s describing a recorded marketing video. It was deliberately produced and edited to contain that specific message. Comparing that to an off the cuff error during a live discussion is disingenuous.
  - ralmeida 8y ago
    Since it was "deliberately produced and edited", presumably by multiple people, it's even less likely to speak much about the education of the person on-screen, as the post in question appears to have questioned.

pts_ 8y ago

Makes you wonder about kids always coming first in highschool. Makes you question the whole world!

awzeemo 8y ago

Exactly. Olivia Giannulli even outright says “I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know..." (source: https://youtu.be/lveMkZc-NRE https://youtu.be/lveMkZc-NRE, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/style/olivia-jade-giannulli-college-admissions-scandal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/style/olivia-jade-giannul...)

austincheney 8y ago
Just to clarify my opinion, I believe there is incredible value in education. But if you are paying to join a social club that isn't education. There is an old saying "It isn't what you know its who you know". Ray Dalio says that line of thinking is disastrous. Its all about personality and experience. You put the right people in the proper places and its golden, and you can qualify those results (and who are the right people) with data.

tmm84 8y ago

My high school was like that. The top ranked students were rich foreign kids. I remember the validictorian giving his speech and no-one could understand what he was saying (in grammar and speech).