Too White

[guido911]

You really believe he had to "lift a finger??"  Or was ABLE to "lift a finger"??

Possible answers;

No - ok, then, my faith in you is restored!

Yes - ok, then, I have some wonderful beachfront property in eastern Arizona that is ideal for someone in your position in life!  At wonderful prices!!

Okay. Where did you go to college, or otherwise get the cred to attack someone else's education accomplishments? Same goes for our resident forum cop. Oh, help me remember, who won that election subsequent to that debate hoss? I cannot remember.

I, for one, have some academic bona fides and didn't get into those schools--not that I put forth any effort. But I am not going to screech from the bleachers and criticize those that did, which does make me different than the person in the OP story.

[guido911]

Would not have been so hard for him if he hadn't been half drunk (or more) so much of the time....

I guess he always avoided drinking altogether and been on smack--like our current pres. Is that better?

[Hoss]

Would not have been so hard for him if he hadn't been half drunk (or more) so much of the time....

Excuses, excuses...  

[TulsaRufnex]

People forget the Shrub went to Harvard and Yale. Funny when people criticize his intelligence forget that he is most likely better educated than they.

Legacy.  Two types of people at Ivy League schools... the brilliant and the children of the well-connected.

And the legacies get a better education when they're able to rub shoulders with a brilliant and diverse student population.

Of course, that's conveniently left out of this whiny little brat's tirade against diversity... er uh... but she claims it's... cough cough... satire?

She lost me here...

'What could I have done differently over the past years?' she wrote. 'For starters, had I known two years ago what I know now, I would have gladly worn a headdress to school. Show me to any closet, and I would've happily come out of it.'

and here...

'My parents also left me with a dearth of hobbies that make admissions committees salivate. I've never sat down at a piano, never plucked a violin.'

If any of that "satirical" sentiment showed up in her application/interview, no wonder she lost out... she's not the first person with good grades to be rejected by Ivy League schools, and she certainly won't be the last...
Nevermind that there are many many schools she could get into in this region... but hey, this is "flyover" country, you know...  

She said that before writing the letter she had been crying to her mother, who complained she had heard too much moaning and told her to speak to someone else.

She called her sister, a former assistant editor of the Op-Ed section at the Wall Street Journal, who said she should write about her feelings, leading to the article.

In turn, the article has led to offers of jobs and internship, Weiss said.

Lesson:  If you don't get your way in life and your mama gets sick of hearing you piss and moan about it:
1.  Call your well connected sister.
2.  Write a letter that appeals to conservative white victimhood.
3.  Soft-peddle it as "satire" when you get called out on it.
4.  Watch the job offers and internships roll in.
5.  Count your money.

[DolfanBob]

Not that important.  Kind of like grammar and spelling on this forum.

Hay! I relent that! 

[heironymouspasparagus]

I guess he always avoided drinking altogether and been on smack--like our current pres. Is that better?

Just say "no"...to all of the above...

[heironymouspasparagus]

Okay. Where did you go to college, or otherwise get the cred to attack someone else's education accomplishments? Same goes for our resident forum cop. Oh, help me remember, who won that election subsequent to that debate hoss? I cannot remember.

I, for one, have some academic bona fides and didn't get into those schools--not that I put forth any effort. But I am not going to screech from the bleachers and criticize those that did, which does make me different than the person in the OP story.

88 or "B" for highest grade ever - with whatever "Hi pass" means...

http://2004.georgewbush.org/bios/yale-transcript.asp

And Al Gore - not much better....
http://www.insidepolitics.org/heard/heard32300.html


And just LOOK at the intensity of those classes!!  Amazing academic challenges abound!!  Can you look at that list of classes and think any other thought than "9th grade high school"...??   And mediocre performance to accompany that..!