Reading for Treasure is my list of articles that are worth your attention. Click here for an introduction! With college application results rolling in, here are some articles to put that good and bad news in perspective:
How
To Avoid A Common Mistake When It Comes To Paying For Your Kid's College
Tuition: This is quick, simple, and critical – especially if you have
younger children. This NPR story
debunks the notion that, if you save for your children’s college education, it
will mean they will receive less financial aid. Wrong! Read it!
It Doesn’t
Matter To Me Where My Kids Go to College: This wonderful Grown and Flown article offers a common-sense rebuttal to the Varsity Blues attitude that is so prevalent. Why is it so
important that your child goes to college anyway?
The
Cult of Rich-Kid Sports: Atlantic’s
feed title for this article was “The FancyAthlete’s Special Pass Into Harvard.”
Affluent White kids do have an advantage when applying to prestigious
universities: they are more like to be involved in “water polo, squash, crew,
lacrosse, and skiing.” Want your child to be admitted into an elite school?
Read this.
College
Professor Advice: 16 Things You Should Never Do as a Student: These should
be common sense, but as a teacher of teens, I know they are not. Some of these
pieces of advice are applicable to high school as well. This Teen Vogue article should be required
reading for all graduating high school seniors!
I
Am Lady Macbeth, and your Facebook Post about your Kid’s Early Acceptance to
Harvard Really Pisses Me Off: Finally, a little bit of humor on the college
question from McSweeny’s. I laughed
aloud at this mix of the snowplow parent and Shakespeare’s intense character!
I’m currently reading The Trove by Tobias Buckell
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