tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589405835312873091.post3619216890892263085..comments2023-03-23T09:51:05.485-04:00Comments on Eduwonkette: Poor kids have it easyeduwonkettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072705276536120758noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589405835312873091.post-24928228176926973462008-01-03T23:16:00.000-05:002008-01-03T23:16:00.000-05:00Michelle Hernandez, worked in Dartmouth's admissio...Michelle Hernandez, worked in Dartmouth's admission office, swiped a bunch of files and wrote a book entitled "A is for Admission." Now she needs a new book, apparently, to juice up her highly lucrative college admission business. She does not seem to touch on development office cases. If you want to find out how much it costs to buy your way into the Ivy League, you should get ahold of The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates by Daniel Golden.<BR/>Hint -- those left outside the gates are the "unhooked" relatively smart kids, many are white and many are Asian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589405835312873091.post-61989805473039584162008-01-03T17:01:00.000-05:002008-01-03T17:01:00.000-05:00Thank goodness for people like Miss Hernandez who ...Thank goodness for people like Miss Hernandez who will stand up for all those oppressed rich people.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589405835312873091.post-80520047425368419352008-01-03T15:06:00.000-05:002008-01-03T15:06:00.000-05:00I'm especially (sadly) amused by her recommendatio...I'm especially (sadly) amused by her recommendation that young people raised by factory worker fathers also master both Greek and Latin while becoming violin virtuosos. I'm pretty sure that there weren't any violins within a 30 mile radius of my working-class hometown and the only Latin was, perhaps, inscribed over the doorway of the WPA-built city hall.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931858812397374912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589405835312873091.post-18263281119621321802008-01-03T14:53:00.000-05:002008-01-03T14:53:00.000-05:00Hernandez' first book "A is for Admission" (1998) ...Hernandez' first book "A is for Admission" (1998) is similarly delightful -- http://www.amazon.com/Admission-Insiders-Getting-League-Colleges/dp/0446674060/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199389955&sr=8-1mymopinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708858782212294075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589405835312873091.post-30569592424577244762008-01-03T14:45:00.000-05:002008-01-03T14:45:00.000-05:00When I started talking back to the computer, I tho...When I started talking back to the computer, I thought I better write a post instead. Here's the FYI that I responded to your post.<BR/><BR/>It's not just the $45,000 per year (yikes!). It's the Kumon, the tutors, the squash, the trip to Russia etc.Afterschooling Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992965291329423796noreply@blogger.com