I’ve thought about this and realized that it can be both. I believe he thinks his daughter is an exceptional woman (and not just the whole “if she wasn’t my daughter I’d...” bit of effluvia). I believe he encouraged her. Because she’s his. And that alone makes her exceptional by virtue of those yugely great genes. But…

Those things can’t be measured as objectively as you believe. My high school didn’t offer a single AP class and the district had a policy that prevented anyone from having over a 4.0. There would be no way for any of us to compete with the people doing extra AP classes during the summer to get those 4.9 gpas. The test…

I can’t believe nobody in her life could point out to 18 year old Abigail that her name would be associated with this forever. Long after she is dead. It’s like being the white guy in Plessy vs. Ferguson. We may not know much about you, but your name is going to provoke disgust in people 50 years later. Good job.

FWIW, buying in a good school district helps you even if you don’t have kids. It makes your home more valuable for future sale.

I don’t think it was the tutoring she was ashamed of, it was that she basically wrote their essays for them.

As a matter of fact, her father is a “former business colleague” of Edward Blum, the lawyer behind all of this.

i actually kind of know her. we’ve never met(or even talked) but our fathers know each other. beyond racism, i just cant understand allowing my name to be attached to something so polarizing. the ego it takes to allow your name to be attached to this for the rest of your life is beyond comprehension to me. every job…

I wouldn’t be totally shocked if her parents were the ones who put this in her head. Mommy and Daddy were embarrassed that their legacy didn’t hold enough sway with the Admissions Office to get her in so “blame the coloreds” and don’t let her think she didn’t get in because their alumnus checks weren’t big enough.

There’s plenty of speculation within the UT staff that parents are trying to place their kids in somewhat less competitive schools to game the 7% rule. Not the easiest thing to measure or study, but that definitely sounds like something a certain type of parent would do.

I just moved to Houston for a job. I live in an area of Houston that apparently has a very good high school and my real estate agent was telling me all about how many people were trying to move so their kids could go. Since I have no kids, I moved a mile down the road, and I pay $200 less a month.Works for me.

Modern British culture is a result of centuries of invasions and migrations. Each group brought their own influences that have resulted in what is currently the UK. The definition of authentic British culture is always changing.

Nope, it’s true. Racist old people.

I’m all about the condescension on this one. Keep it up, Raphael!

Boris Johnson, Upper Class Twit of The Year winner 20 years in a row.

People have a short memory and little to no desire to perform due diligence on matters that WILL greatly effect their lives in the future.

We think there was a massive alien paralyzation ray trained on us because NO ONE remembers voting for him. There’s probably chips implanted in all our brains now.

The amazing thing is that Scott (my god, could any man look more like a walking penis?) is universally loathed by so many Floridians — and yet he was still elected. Twice. Just food for thought on our vulnerability to Trump winning.

I wonder if Florida’s crazy ass gun laws having any impact on snowbirds and tourism. This is purely anecdotal, but where I live middle class people of a certain age retired to Florida by default. I’ve seen a recent trend in people my parents’ age retiring to more exotic locales (Portugal and Belize are becoming…

Some of the brightest and most gifted men I’ve worked with in tech are also some of the most emotionally stunted and misogynistic I’ve ever encountered. I’m actually a bit surprised that stuff like this doesn’t happen more often. A lot of these guys are full-on sociopaths.

Reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Bart and Lisa just shove weeks of trash under the carpet and sofa, and then when Homer and Marge come home and everyone is sitting on it enjoying their TV dinners, the couch goes boom...