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Are you going to let your kids fall behind the others who are diligently studying in preparation to get into the best school they can? My cousin invited me to
by hotpotamus 3y ago
Are you going to let your kids fall behind the others who are diligently studying in preparation to get into the best school they can?
My cousin invited me to his daughter’s 3rd birthday. His request? No gifts, please contribute to her college fund.
I long ago decided the only winning move in this game is not to play, but I can’t begrudge the parents who are caught in the game.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoAll the kids who had the parents holding their nose to the grindstone didn’t end up faring any better than the kids ditching free period to smoke weed in the woods, at least among my generation of peers. Those kids were certainly more stressed though. No point in paying for expensive colleges either, in state at your flagship will educate you as well as any ivy for undergrad.
- hotpotamus 3y agoI’ve never been convinced that ivy education is really better, but I’m quite convinced that it is much higher status. If your children are extensions of your status, then it certainly makes sense to push them in that direction, but I’d also say that some children will need their noses held to the grindstone to do well enough to be accepted into a flagship state school anyway.