As somebody pointed out last night, these kids all come from very wealthy families. They already had all the advantages in the world. Whether they go to USC or some place else isn't going to make an iota of difference in their lives
As somebody pointed out last night, these kids all come from very wealthy families. They already had all the advantages in the world. Whether they go to USC or some place else isn't going to make an iota of difference in their lives
Apparently the attraction to the parents, right or wrong, is the life-long networking and prestige benefits they think their kids will have from attending and getting a degree from a famous, prestigious university. Ross Douthat has written a lot about that.Originally Posted by concerned
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
I teach this same concept to my kids...
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