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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. To be clear, I do think these exercises have their value, and I think privilege is very real. The issue wasn’t so much the concept, but how they went about it and made the scores very “public”

Anyway, DD wasn’t comfortable talking to them in person but emailed the advisor when she got home from school today about why the activity was problematic and how she hopes they’ll reconsider the way they implement such activities in the future. [/quote]

Hi,  I have done a similar exercise as an adult.  It is a very different thing when you are an adult and look around at the different levels of privilege in a room and realize how many people had more privilege than you growing up.  I was one of the "low scores" and felt pride that I had achieved so much.  The way I looked at it, I grew up with far less privilege than my colleagues and yet here I was.  I knew that that I had travelled further to get to where we all stood and I felt a sense of accomplishment, not shame.  I also felt a sense of gratitude for the privileges I did have.  (I had the privilege of living in an excellent school district, access to a job as a teen and college student, able to do well without the need of tutors we couldn't afford, a neighborhood free from violence, etc.)  I hope your daughter can feel proud of her accomplishments including the fact that he had the courage to email the advisor and express how she felt.  I am sure that wasn't easy and good for her for doing it.  [/quote]

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