Suzy Lee Weiss very rightly mentioned "sour grapes" in
the beginning line of her recent Wall Street Journal op-ed piece "To (All) the colleges that rejected me". (WSJ, March 29, 2013)
Other than that I was
able to make no sense of the article albeit getting a whiff of the smug sense
of entitlement which seems to pervade many of our youth - I am lazy, I am not
smart, I do not have any goals for my life, I do not care for what rest of the
world is doing; yet I deserve a place in the college of "my dreams".
Just because "I am being me"
My advice to Suzy- either set her dreams appropriately or else do
what rest of the world does, dream big but work hard to achieve those dreams.
Or perhaps, Suzy will have the last laugh as this piece as a
college essay might yet open the doors of the college she is interested in, for
her. And the irony that many who consider her rant justified will
totally balk if the same logic were to be applied for sports related
admissions at colleges - I like the game, don't play it well, so what, get me
on the team!
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