http://learnsomethingnewtoday.us/2008/03/13/are-the-rich-worth-what-they-earn/ Multiple catagories to explore! Bottom Right features Language changer! Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://learnsomethingnewtoday.us/2008/03/13/are-the-rich-worth-what-they-earn/#comment-948 Lore Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:22:42 +0000 http://learnsomethingnewtoday.us/2008/03/13/are-the-rich-worth-what-they-earn/#comment-948 I went to a small private high school in Fitchburg. The majority of students who attended that school did so because they could not afford to attend other private schools and there was less competition for the "important" college considered labels. During my second year there they instituted the "prep team". The prep team was a group of basketball players that needed to make it to college in order to make it on to college teams...but they were unable to make it through normal high school. Special coaches and teachers were brought in to "help" the players along...some of the players were already out of high school but needed some "refreshing" before heading to college. When we were eating mediocre cafeteria food off of styrofoam plates, they were eating full meals off of real plates. The adjacent building that had originally been our rec building was turned into dorms for the new comers. Our school bus became their school bus. They were afforded extreme leniency on behavior and recieved constant attention. In return, this was supposed to bring notoriety to our school. What it did was alienate the students who at one time cherished the small outcast, loner mentality of our school. The core of our school was ignored in order to make some money. And all the students learned was that you didn't have to be smart to get where you wanted to go in life, you just had to offer someone something that would fill their wallet a bit. I could make a much longer comment...but in short for the time being...I think that corporate america in their haste to make a buck is more than willing to overlook what ideals they are instilling into their children. Did our school need more money? Yes. But was taking the prep team under the circumstance it did and alienating it's other students just to get it right? No. Did the school intend to alienate the students? No...but nevertheless it did and it teaches everyone that money is more important. We are all at fault because we all pay into this mentality somehow. We pay for the absurd pay per view channels to watch the games, we pay the high prices for movies, we buy into the merchandise...we spend an enormous amount of money to live vicariously through other people who we feel have what we want but think we can never attain. I have more to say but I have to go to bed lol. I went to a small private high school in Fitchburg. The majority of students who attended that school did so because they could not afford to attend other private schools and there was less competition for the “important” college considered labels. During my second year there they instituted the “prep team”. The prep team was a group of basketball players that needed to make it to college in order to make it on to college teams…but they were unable to make it through normal high school. Special coaches and teachers were brought in to “help” the players along…some of the players were already out of high school but needed some “refreshing” before heading to college. When we were eating mediocre cafeteria food off of styrofoam plates, they were eating full meals off of real plates. The adjacent building that had originally been our rec building was turned into dorms for the new comers. Our school bus became their school bus. They were afforded extreme leniency on behavior and recieved constant attention. In return, this was supposed to bring notoriety to our school. What it did was alienate the students who at one time cherished the small outcast, loner mentality of our school. The core of our school was ignored in order to make some money. And all the students learned was that you didn’t have to be smart to get where you wanted to go in life, you just had to offer someone something that would fill their wallet a bit. I could make a much longer comment…but in short for the time being…I think that corporate america in their haste to make a buck is more than willing to overlook what ideals they are instilling into their children. Did our school need more money? Yes. But was taking the prep team under the circumstance it did and alienating it’s other students just to get it right? No. Did the school intend to alienate the students? No…but nevertheless it did and it teaches everyone that money is more important. We are all at fault because we all pay into this mentality somehow. We pay for the absurd pay per view channels to watch the games, we pay the high prices for movies, we buy into the merchandise…we spend an enormous amount of money to live vicariously through other people who we feel have what we want but think we can never attain. I have more to say but I have to go to bed lol.

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