Talk:Week Five Wiki/@comment-39534827-20190621181412/@comment-39584197-20190623162151

Using the guise of donations being made to “underprivileged students” and these individuals being able to use their donations as a tax write-off, which hurts legitimate organizations, this is one reason many people don’t donate to organizations more often. The underprivileged have little chance of getting into these colleges and I feel that these wealthy individuals using the guise of helping the underprivileged students is very unethical and immoral. The individuals who have used their wealth to pay for their children to get into these schools, could have hired private tutors to prepare them, the lesson these parents are teaching their children is that money can buy them anything, including an education. I am curious as to how they have done as a student, and if they can so easily buy their way into these schools, can their grades be bought as well? I work hard to maintain good grades, if I have an issue with a grade, I try to learn from it, and move past it. I don’t expect my parents to “fix” it, we all have off days, and test taking can be stressful, but I study and do my best, a grade does not define who I am, it is merely a tool to test my knowledge of a subject, and at times (due to various situations) test scores may be low, perhaps one is having a bad day, or they aren’t feeling well. I think everyone should be given a fair chance to earn an education whether it be from a trade school or an elite university, having wealth (or the lack thereof) should not give an advantage (or disadvantage) to students wanting to better themselves with a higher education.