Some hollywood big shots have paid some dude a ton of money to assist, illegally, in getting little Suzie into a better college.  They have been indicted and there is talk of them going to jail.  AINT GONNA HAPPEN.

We have had a system in the USA for years of separating the masses into different categories with reqard to education benefits, etc.  It was part of the system and for the most part works pretty well.  In High School we were enrolled, some of us unknowingly, in a race to see who could get the best grades.  There were awards associated with those who scored the highest.  Valedictorian and Salutatorian.  Scholarships were attached to these awards.  Colleges were set up based on the socio-economics needs of the people who were attending.  There were expensive private universities, usually theologically based, and there were state schools.  State schools were less expensive and therefore tended to be larger.  Life in general was set up as a contest or race to see who excelled.  Who made the most money?  Whose children won the most games.  It was all simply giving each of us a reason to get out of bed and do better.

The newer generations seem to think that one should not have to strive to be better, that all should be given to each of them regardless of their effort.  They think that all should have the right to attend Harvard and Yale even if no effort was put forth by the student in preparation for attending such a university.  They think the playing field should be level.  SORRY, I DO NOT.   The greatness of our nation is not in the fact that all men are created equal.  The greatness of our nation is in the fact that each of us has the opportunity to be better than the next person.  We have the right to earn more, have more , etc, based on our individual effort.

I dont think that there should exist ways to cheat the system for getting your children into a better college.  Set the rules and let us live by them.  But to spend countless hours on the news talking about some pieces of Hollywood fluff that set a bad example for their children, well, we have bigger fish to fry.

Chuy the philosopher