Excuse me?
Oct 15, 11:55 AM by Eric Allen
College counseling is a controversial industry. Some say it’s completely unethical to “game” the system, while others maintain that it’s part of the game. I’m somewhat ambivalent, since I did benefit from my (private) high school’s college counselor. This appalled me. These kids are having their entire lives run by some woman getting paid obscene amounts of money for what? I understand that some universities provide better opportunities than others, but this is just gross class discrimination.
What repulses me the most about this behavior is what happens to the kids. A few hundred thousand dollars here and there isn’t much for a rich family, and ivies have always been the domain of the rich to some extent. But the kids? They are having every minute of their lives from preschool through senior year of high school scripted and examined. This is not how human beings are meant to grow up! Kids need to learn new things, explore their interests, and discover who they are. They are being prevented from doing this in the most cruel way I can imagine: by the parents who are supposed to be loving and supporting them! Nobody deserves this kind of treatment.
