tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5903090854972895819..comments2024-03-28T12:46:54.004-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Poisoned IvyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42896479504979312602019-03-16T08:38:18.939-05:002019-03-16T08:38:18.939-05:00Waiting for Press Reader to load todays SunTimes I...Waiting for Press Reader to load todays SunTimes I read the NYT story you cited. They did not report Harvard as part of the current scandal, but as recipient of a large donation from the Kushner family. Whatever, could the Times find some Harvard/Zuckerberg castoff to fix the PressReader edition. It should be easier to deliver my E-issue to Florida than my print version to the suburbs.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63536656631124719992019-03-15T22:05:43.371-05:002019-03-15T22:05:43.371-05:00Pomona wait-listed me, which came as a surprise, b...Pomona wait-listed me, which came as a surprise, because I didn't think I'd even be accepted at all. I would have gladly worked for a year in order to eventually go to California, and get as far away from an abusive father as possible . <br /><br />But Uncle Sam had other ideas, so to avoid an extended Southeast Asian vacation, I spent that year at a small right-wing college in the Midwest. It wasn't much more than a glorified prep school with ashtrays. Before I transfered to a large state school, I met the woman who is now my wife. Sometimes, things work out for the best, even if you don't always get what you originally wished for.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20055074525323954842019-03-15T14:51:40.099-05:002019-03-15T14:51:40.099-05:00Harvard's endowment is tops in the US at about...Harvard's endowment is tops in the US at about 40 billion.<br /><br /> Aside to Neil: My daughter's number one choice was Pomona. She was a bit upset, but not quite heartbroken when she wasn't accepted. About a month later she was accepted at Harvard, and will be graduating in May. Sergiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135057765636711548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20447304456565650282019-03-15T11:57:51.552-05:002019-03-15T11:57:51.552-05:00Granted you can't believe everything you read ...Granted you can't believe everything you read on line but Harvard has a 37 billion dollar endowment fund. Supposedly the largest endowment fund. They could let their students go for free.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80730643958156405762019-03-14T11:45:55.427-05:002019-03-14T11:45:55.427-05:00And if the Times jumped off a bridge? I’m no Crims...And if the Times jumped off a bridge? I’m no Crimson booster (being far too dim witted for those hallowed halls), but top-lining them when they’re not part of this scandal seemed ... off. Kasey Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08528821376348284851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9088057153566306172019-03-14T09:54:01.884-05:002019-03-14T09:54:01.884-05:00Salute accepted. The Times mentioned Harvard in th...Salute accepted. The Times mentioned Harvard in their story .Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26927014878961893282019-03-14T09:26:50.746-05:002019-03-14T09:26:50.746-05:00Point of order. According to Lawrence O'Donnel...Point of order. According to Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC, Harvard not part of current scandal. He claims Harvard has large(st?) percentage of non paying students, I guess indicating that they shoot more for diversity than profit from the present student body. My increasingly imperfect memory does seem to recall that Harvards endowment is among the top 3-5 in the country, so alumni are paying the freight for many current undergraduates. You might have been better to cite Yale in this piece but then you couldn't use the humorous photo. If you didn't use Yale because the boys applied there, I salute your journalistic integrity.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80061821976711198442019-03-14T08:39:02.301-05:002019-03-14T08:39:02.301-05:00The most bizarre part of this minor scandal is tha...The most bizarre part of this minor scandal is that almost everyone who paid the bribes could've easily bought their kid's way into the school of choice by just donating the money to the school.<br />And the two numbskull actresses didn't even have to bribe the school with cash, if they offered to teach an acting class while their daughters were in school, the school probably would've admitted them.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75628446195104071772019-03-14T08:30:40.227-05:002019-03-14T08:30:40.227-05:00What comes to mind when speaking of cheating to ge...What comes to mind when speaking of cheating to get into top notch colleges is the difficulty many of us have with avoiding really terrible grammar schools for our kids. In Chicago of course, it's mostly racial, but black parents also want their kids to get a good education and not be forced into a gang, but often they've little or no choice in the matter, especially if they're living on the margin. Seems to me that schools in the ghetto need twice as much money as those in better neighborhoods, but people with money want it spent on their kids not other people's kids.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com