How true it is that schools are businesses. Yet, underneath the surface, there are good things happening at so many fine institutions. That’s why it’s so difficult to see fancy prep schools being represented by those far removed from the brightest.

And of course rich kids get into college with “a wave of their parents’ checkbooks.” Colleges are, first and foremost, businesses. If they didn’t have some students paying full tuition, how would the college be able to afford to accept hard-working but poor students? I recently posted on my blog about the commodification of education. When you start looking at schools as businesses instead of paragons of morality and virtue, it all starts to make sense, though.

All your other points were spot-on, though. It’s especially sad about how the girls treat each other.

I literally cannot watch any of Bravo’s original programming any more. “The Real Housewives” series, “Millionaire Matchmaker,”Top Chef.” It’s all sickening. The first couple of seasons of “Project Runway” were pretty good, because they were showcasing the talent of these designers. But then the show became all about the dramatic confrontations between contestants, with a few outfits thrown in. Bo-ring!