And THAT'S a good point Jill....Just because a woman is dressed up as cosplay with revealing clothing, it doesn't necessarily equate her with a bar hopping whore that has no scruples.Guys are wrong for making that assumption if they do.Interesting how people will just jump to that conclusion......where they assume that a woman has no morals just because of the way she is dressed, she might just be trying to capture the essence of the character she is trying to emulate as accurately as possible. Thanks for helping me see that.
And yeah....I think if guys are going to actively seek out going to these conventions, they should understand that women dressing as their fav character might result in extra skin being shown.If they can't handle that, then maybe they need to consider not going if it bothers them that much.
The Wall Street Journal printed her piece because her sister works for them. A stunning bit of irony considering her claims of being "disadvantaged."
I'm just happy for the school that didn't let this smug, arrogant child into their doors. This is the kind of student college faculty despise, the kind that will do anything to foist the blame on anyone but themselves, and who feels that they are the exception to every rule because "don't you know how special/important they are?" Good for that school. She's horrible.
That was so vicious, it could almost be classed as hate speech. On second thought, it is. Never been a fan of affirmative action lowering the bar for select demographics, but wow. She has a huge chip on her shoulder.
Blaming everybody else for your problems is a teenage girl thing, I guess, but I get the feeling her parents were maybe more indulgent than neglectful.
I'm curious why the Wall Street Journal would allow something that hateful to be printed.
She's a bigot, and spoiled to boot. She just oozes entitlement. Just being smart, pretty, young and white (not to mention apparently being able to afford an Ivy League school) are not enough for her? She makes me sick.
I went to a very respected public school, and went through the college admission process a few years ago. What I think a lot of kids forget is when they apply to schools like Dartmouth or Harvard, BC, or Bates, they're not applying to just a school. They are applying to a private business. I was 'diverse', had great grades, blah blah, but it's not because of those reasons that any school owed me anything. I definitely find her bitter. Rejection isn't a new thing, and those that are rejected by colleges just need to deal with it.
The real truth here is that she lacked connections. Networking is what makes America go around these days. Connections are what lands you a $150k a year job. Hard work rarely does it anymore.
Call me jaded, but I can just about guarantee that if I were to apply to my company today that I would not be hired with the experience that I started with when I was hired many years ago. It's a sad state of affairs, but dad knowing Fred who plays poker with Joe on Thursday is what gets little Johnny his nice cushy job, not little Johnny having any sort of real experience or usefulness.
How about learning to enjoy life while you're young enough to enjoy life? If you don't get into college, remind yourself that most of the world's most successful and wealthiest people dropped out of college anyway.
I can see a lot of value from fast food jobs and similar work: diligence, getting along with people different from you, teamwork and how to get that toilet really clean.
And yeah....I think if guys are going to actively seek out going to these conventions, they should understand that women dressing as their fav character might result in extra skin being shown.If they can't handle that, then maybe they need to consider not going if it bothers them that much.
Thanks for the dialogue.Very interesting.
She admits in the article that her test scores and grades weren't the best. A good reaction article here: http://gawker.com/5993140/attention-students-just-being-yourself-isnt-a-skill-that-should-earn-you-admission-to-college
I'm just happy for the school that didn't let this smug, arrogant child into their doors. This is the kind of student college faculty despise, the kind that will do anything to foist the blame on anyone but themselves, and who feels that they are the exception to every rule because "don't you know how special/important they are?"
Good for that school. She's horrible.
Never been a fan of affirmative action lowering the bar for select demographics, but wow. She has a huge chip on her shoulder.
Blaming everybody else for your problems is a teenage girl thing, I guess, but I get the feeling her parents were maybe more indulgent than neglectful.
I'm curious why the Wall Street Journal would allow something that hateful to be printed.
I definitely find her bitter. Rejection isn't a new thing, and those that are rejected by colleges just need to deal with it.
Welcome to the real world..
Call me jaded, but I can just about guarantee that if I were to apply to my company today that I would not be hired with the experience that I started with when I was hired many years ago. It's a sad state of affairs, but dad knowing Fred who plays poker with Joe on Thursday is what gets little Johnny his nice cushy job, not little Johnny having any sort of real experience or usefulness.