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Our son used to go to a HS in the east bay where foreign nationals would pay residents of the high school to essentially adopt their kid so they could enroll, t
by BooneJS 7y ago
Our son used to go to a HS in the east bay where foreign nationals would pay residents of the high school to essentially adopt their kid so they could enroll, take every AP and Honors class possible, and get into a UC campus.
It’s crazy. We actually hated the public schools and moved away.
- thenewwazoo 7y agoThat's interesting, back east we called those kids "exchange students" and they were generally academically excellent, as well as adding to the diversity of the student body. And then they did well and got into US universities where they would presumably continue to excel academically. I fail to see the problem.
- BooneJS 7y agoI remember foreign exchange students coming for a year, and they were never adopted by the host family. I guess the Midwest was different than your experience.
- jnbiche 7y ago> east bay where foreign nationals would pay residents of the high school to essentially adopt their kid so they could enroll "Essentially adopt"? That's kind of like "essentially pregnant", no? Assuming they weren't legally adopting the kids, it sounds like you're describing an exchange program, which is a time-honored tradition around the world.
- BooneJS 7y agoThey were legally taking over parental rights which made them eligible for enrollment as residents for all 4 years. This wasn’t an exchange.