Comments on: When ambition is overrated http://elainermeyer.com/2007/05/01/when-ambition-is-overrated/ a blog by Elaine Meyer Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Blaine http://elainermeyer.com/2007/05/01/when-ambition-is-overrated/#comment-735 Michael Blaine Tue, 15 May 2007 20:33:47 +0000 http://elainemeyer.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/when-ambition-is-overrated/#comment-735 There's also the question of social justice in what elite US universities charge; is it right that some parents shell out $40,000/year for their kid, when an equally or more talented citizen of, let's say Kenya, could be educated for pennies on the dollar but never gets the opportunity?<br/><br/>That's why I have trouble opening my pocket book for my alma mater, whose financial endowment amounts to several billion dollars. How can I justly make education for already privileged kids marginally better when the same amount of money given to truly needy kids will fundamentally change their lives?<br/><br/>I can't. There’s also the question of social justice in what elite US universities charge; is it right that some parents shell out $40,000/year for their kid, when an equally or more talented citizen of, let’s say Kenya, could be educated for pennies on the dollar but never gets the opportunity?

That’s why I have trouble opening my pocket book for my alma mater, whose financial endowment amounts to several billion dollars. How can I justly make education for already privileged kids marginally better when the same amount of money given to truly needy kids will fundamentally change their lives?

I can’t.

]]> By: Michael Blaine http://elainermeyer.com/2007/05/01/when-ambition-is-overrated/#comment-727 Michael Blaine Tue, 15 May 2007 04:12:39 +0000 http://elainemeyer.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/when-ambition-is-overrated/#comment-727 The way high school kids try to tailor themselves to the type of college they thing they should attend instead of tailoring their college choice to square with who they are and what they want to achieve is ridiculous.<br/><br/>These "name brand" schools take themselves far too seriously, and help to create an unhealthful college prep environment. The way high school kids try to tailor themselves to the type of college they thing they should attend instead of tailoring their college choice to square with who they are and what they want to achieve is ridiculous.

These “name brand” schools take themselves far too seriously, and help to create an unhealthful college prep environment.

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