Summary Of Operation Varsity Blues

While I knew that money could get wealthy people to many places, I did not know the high costs these people would be willing to pay to get their kids ‘the best education.’ I was surprised to see that wealthy people would risk their liberty as long as their kids get to go to “X” college. Furthermore, what this clearly illustrates is the power wealthy people have to feel secure enough in committing these types of frauds. Perhaps because they think that just like money can get them whatever they want, money can also buy them a get-away-with-it pass. Learning that twenty five million dollars were involved in this “Operation Varsity Blues” only serves to indicate the value that society has given to these prestigious colleges. Colleges that already …show more content…
For example, one of the interviewees mentions that standardized testing automatically advantages those that are already advantaged. This is because people who have more money tend to be much more likely to invest in their kids’ education. Kids that come from wealthy families are already advantaged by having had the opportunity to have private tutors and/or coaches, extracurriculars, and perhaps be involved in sports that are not as affordable to students from lower social classes such as equestrian, sailing, or fencing. Which suggests that people who come from lower social classes have a much more limited set of options –in terms of where they will go to college– as they do not have additional instruction to enhance their athletic or academic abilities besides that from public schools. Moreover, another way in which the concept of habitus applies is in how it shapes wealthy people’s preferences. These people tend to want to increase their status, and a way in which they think they can do so is through having their children attend these elite

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