[lbo-talk] teaching the pampered rich at Harvard

[John Thornton]

Jordan Hayes wrote:
>> People who grew up expecting the world to cater to them
>> radiate that attitude in everything they do.
>
> Isn't that true no matter where they go to school?  The thing I keep 
> coming back to about this thread is that Harvard is just where the 
> writer happened to witness this kind of behavior; and okay, if you're 
> entitled, you can wind up at Harvard in greater percentages.
>
> But it's the entitled prick, not particularly the school they bought.
>
> Getting back to Doug's original question, if the kid who owned the 
> Observer went to Wayne State and cut the pay of his teacher, it'd be 
> the same, right?
>
> /jordan 

The kid who owned the Observer wouldn't go to Wayne State.
Attending Wayne State wouldn't validate his opinion of himself.
Harvard isn't just where the author happened to witness this behaviour.
He couldn't observe it at Wayne State and that's part of the point of 
the story.

John Thornton