A former boss - a liberal do-gooder - was mentoring an inner city HS student and would eventually pay for her to go to college. Linda was insisting that this girl attend her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. Nicole was a good student, but her decent grades at Benjamin Franklin High School would be the equivalent to Cees and Dees at a suburban Blue Ribbon school. Her formalized test scores, including SAT, were lackluster too.
I repeatedly told Linda that she was setting Nicole up for failure. Yes, she would be admitted to Penn but she would struggle out of the gate and probably never complete her degree. We talked about this often. Linda laid off the pressure and Nicole decided to go to a state “teachers college” (Shippensburg U.) and graduated with a decent GPA. She’s now a teacher back in Philadelphia, making a difference in her community.
Good story.
Thanks for sharing with us
Common sense prevailed, the young lady took on a challenge appropriate to her abilities and succeeded.