What could be more American than the spectacle of hundreds of rich parents clumsily faking athletic and cognitive credentials in order to sneak their dunderhead children into elite universities? We just don’t have socially dominant or “elite” institutions of higher education, and pride ourselves on not wanting them. They might look at grades, which would reward rich parents who can intimidate or bribe teachers. That may not be easy in a public school, since these places are known to be run exclusively by saints, but rich parents have alternatives. We don’t have elite universities in Canada, but I am told some provinces have posh, exclusive, famous private secondary schools.

Source: National Post March 15, 2019 20:03 UTC