Week 5

I believe that rules and laws apply to everyone regardless of wealth or lack thereof, no one is above the law. When I started listening to the podcast on the college scandal I honestly wasn’t that interested in the topic, as this scandal really doesn’t pertain to me, however, I have found it to be interesting. I am shocked at the lengths and the amounts of money people will pay to cheat, not only are the cheating the schools but the fact that they are willing to pay for their children to get into these schools, some on athletic abilities that these kids have no experience or talent in. I have said before during this particular conversation, I would feel like such a disappointment to my parents to find out they had so little belief in my abilities that they felt the need to pay someone off to get me into a college. These people are dealing with amounts of money I will never see in a lifetime, and yet where has it gotten them, their kids are either going to feel inadequate or have the belief that money can buy them anything (as long as they don’t get caught). I was not surprised that many of the people were willing to flip on others, this scandal involves the very wealthy and it comes as no surprise that they would flip on the others to secure lesser charges or sentences, these people do not want the embarrassment or the financial loss. One of the things that stood out to me was that they used the guise of nonprofit for underprivileged students, while listening to the wiretap on Singer discussing the “audit,” they referred to his “donations” to underprivileged students, I was thinking that these people believed themselves (or at least their children) to be the underprivileged. I feel that more people would donate to nonprofit organizations if they thought the monies were going to the cause in which they support, these people use underprivileged as a way to cover their money maker. I have earned my education, based on studying and doing the work, not because my parents paid someone off to get me into a specific school.