Teen writes in WSJ letter to all colleges that rejected her- harsh!

[Anonymous]

It is satire people...it migt not be the best attempt at it but she is 17. If you really think she is taking digs at Muslims, Native Americans, and the LGBT community, then I suggest you take a reading comprehension course. In addition, she pokes fun at herself and takes a chance. There is really no need to call her names. My guess is that most of you do not know any teenagers.

[Anonymous]

She is spot on. I'm a card carrying member of the Crow Nation, my great, great grandmother born in 1880 was full blood married to a white man. My children are "ethnically" registered as Native American. They are run of the mill blonde white kids FULL of New England Irish blood.

It is a game and they will easily get into college and will probably get a scolarship on top of it. Is it fair? NO WAY. The author has a point and is accurate. We're just working the system that is in place, just like everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is satire people...it migt not be the best attempt at it but she is 17. If you really think she is taking digs at Muslims, Native Americans, and the LGBT community, then I suggest you take a reading comprehension course. In addition, she pokes fun at herself and takes a chance. There is really no need to call her names. My guess is that most of you do not know any teenagers.

No, she kinda was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's VERY well written. I like that kid.

Agreed. My son (who did get into the program of his choice) was told that if he did not get in, it would be because of equal opportunity/diversity issues, i.e. they had too many white people already.

OY!

[Anonymous]

She was on the Today show this morning. Between that and the letter, my conclusion is that she's not nearly as funny as she thinks she is.

She's clearly bright, and articulate. She's also a kid, and she'll hopefully grow out of the entitlement. Or she'll end up like my father-in-law who blames everything in his life on affirmative action (and told me I got my job because I'm a woman) ignoring the fact that he'd be much further ahead in his life if he had spent a little less of his academic career taking whatever drugs he could get his hands on, and the fact that he was promoted to management and hated it so much that he gave it up for his old job.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was funny, in the sense that some teenagers are funny because they make scathing remarks without thinking through the "political" ramifications of their statements.

However, she did make me feel guilty about not pushing my own kids more in hobbies they hate. I was about ready to let my DS stop his instrument lessons but not now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is satire people...it migt not be the best attempt at it but she is 17. If you really think she is taking digs at Muslims, Native Americans, and the LGBT community, then I suggest you take a reading comprehension course. In addition, she pokes fun at herself and takes a chance. There is really no need to call her names. My guess is that most of you do not know any teenagers.

Is that the story the PR people will be spinning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, OMG, these people are attention whores. This is their house. Notice the publication: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038301146022524.html

Pittsburgh people - is this the family that owns WeissHouse or related to WeissHouse people?

Do we know if this is actually her house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, OMG, these people are attention whores. This is their house. Notice the publication: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038301146022524.html

Pittsburgh people - is this the family that owns WeissHouse or related to WeissHouse people?

Do we know if this is actually her house?

The real question is, do we actually care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:P.S. Oh come on about the headress! DC is home to the Redskins for crying out loud! Plus Elizabeth Warren's story's been in the news. When we applied to a Top 3, the parent who wrote a recommendation asked, "Are you sure you aren't part Cherokee?" This was five years ago. Why shouldn't she speak truth to power?

So we can't be offended because if the Redskins? Yeah, that makes sense.
It's one thing to say "too bad I'm not part Cherokee" and another thing to actually minimize cultural clothing choices in a mocking manner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is satire people...it migt not be the best attempt at it but she is 17. If you really think she is taking digs at Muslims, Native Americans, and the LGBT community, then I suggest you take a reading comprehension course. In addition, she pokes fun at herself and takes a chance. There is really no need to call her names. My guess is that most of you do not know any teenagers.

Is that the story the PR people will be spinning?

Seriously!

[Anonymous]

She came off really entitled and obnoxious this morning on Today show. Her piece was somewhat funny, but after seeing her attitude in person, I'll bet the colleges are glad they made the decisions they did.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like she is going to Univ. of Michigan. I'm an alum and it is full of east coast Ivy League rejects. But they love it there because they are in good company.

Go Blue!!! Final 4!!!

[Anonymous]

She seriously needs a lesson in humility

[Anonymous]

I thought it was mildly funny and if I had a kid in the admissions phase of life, I'd probably have sympathized with some of it. However if the post by the PP about her sister is correct, it appears that the author's sister was the same person who led a crusade against the Middle East Studies program at Columbia Univ, on the grounds that there was too much criticism of Israel. Re-reading the WSJ piece with that context, and I see less humor and more intolerance.