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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a kid on YouTube who is an adopted boy from Ethiopia who really likes to crochet. He has a huge online following and has been on the Today show etc. He designs patterns and has an endorsement deal with one of the yarn companies. I don’t think he is doing it to get into Harvard but I am sure he would if he applied. He also donates most of the money he earns to an orphanage in Ethiopia. That to me is a “pointy narrative”, passion project. And it is really sincere, not manufactured.[/quote]

The question is, did he have to take it to that extreme? Would it be OK if he just had that passion project, had a club at school? Teachers knew about it and did some thing in his community? Why does everything have to be so so big?

This whole notion of impact I think has gotten out of control. They’re 17 years old. Do they really need to run an international operation?[/quote]

Way to miss the point. He didn’t become an Ethiopian orphan with a crochet obsession as a college admissions ploy. That’s just who he is. If you take the attitude that your kid needs to be in the rat race instead of being themselves, that’s what you’ll get. [/quote]

I think he did the media tour for college admissions…[/quote]

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