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[quote=Anonymous]I think the PP who thinks a lot of it is young men who are trolling is onto something. A million years ago I remember frequenting message boards as I was applying to and getting into law school, and often the comments on here are very similar to the ones I used to read there, and that was the demo. I also met plenty of those guys in person when I was in law school! There is a specific type of young man (and yes, they were universally men) who are hyper-competitive about this stuff and don't really even understand the concept of tact or empathy. For them, making the other person feel inferior is the entire point because it makes them feel superior.

But I also think a lot of parents post on here out of fear. It's different than insecurity. It's not that they don't think their kid is worthwhile, it's that we live in tumultuous times and the old playbook for ensuring your child's future stability and happiness is being rewritten. People are clinging to what they thought they knew about everything before -- what's a "good" school, what are promising numbers, who "deserves" to do well, etc. They are scared for their kids and channeling that fear in an unproductive way.[/quote]

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