The $230,000,000 College Admission Scandal America Ignor

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We all know Felicity Huffman did wrong, but in Dallas alone wealthy parents have extracted millions and millions in value from magnet schools not designed for their children.

Read on, it seems Dallas isn't the only place- and no, I'm not denouncing being wealthy. This is simply a story that shouldn't be ignored, but hasn't made head lines- there is another to follow.

The $230,000,000 College Scandal America Ignored

 

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What Drives College Admissions? Money Mostly.

It would be nice to believe that cream rises to the top and that a rising tide brings up all boats, but parents' liquidity still ensures rich children find a place at elite schools.

 

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Speaking of elite schools

Today's ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits. These amount to a social canon of judgments about good and evil, complete with secular sacred history, sins (against minorities and the environment), and saints. Using the right words and avoiding the wrong ones when referring to such matters -- speaking the "in" language -- serves as a badge of identity. Regardless of what business or profession they are in, their road up included government channels and government money because, as government has grown, its boundary with the rest of American life has become indistinct. Many began their careers in government and leveraged their way into the private sector. Some, e.g., Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, never held a non-government job. Hence whether formally in government, out of it, or halfway, America's ruling class speaks the language and has the tastes, habits, and tools of bureaucrats. It rules uneasily over the majority of Americans not oriented to government.
Read more at America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution