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Dave Starsky

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35. I still find it hard to believe that these kids are THAT oblivious to what's going on.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:51 AM
Mar 2019

But then, again, if they were mental titans, they wouldn't be in their situation to begin with.

If my parents had offered me an ACT to take at home, I'd have asked them WTF they were talking about. Even I knew that shit just didn't happen.

do you think their classmates did not know them before this? rampartc Mar 2019 #1
Cafeteria table? cwydro Mar 2019 #15
Some Colleges erpowers Mar 2019 #23
colleges still have cafeterias along with food courts. TeamPooka Mar 2019 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter Mar 2019 #2
I believe that they should Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #8
If my child lied on a entrance application Soxfan58 Mar 2019 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter Mar 2019 #18
I would suggest they should be treated on a case by case basis karynnj Mar 2019 #49
indictments are not convictions. termination of their enrollment before any due process will open TeamPooka Mar 2019 #61
i think they will be fine. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #3
Yes Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #9
Their daughters may face expulsion. madaboutharry Mar 2019 #4
"Determined on a case-by-case basis". Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #10
+1 Hugin Mar 2019 #42
Not her dorm room her sorority house. redstatebluegirl Mar 2019 #14
She hasn't been in college long enough to be in a sorority yet. I checked out her catbyte Mar 2019 #20
OK, so she'll get to stay Bettie Mar 2019 #22
Oy. Hugin Mar 2019 #43
To be fair SoCalNative Mar 2019 #55
"Like, oh my gosh! I'm being expelled!" 912gdm Mar 2019 #5
... Soxfan58 Mar 2019 #13
change the first line crazycatlady Mar 2019 #29
Like "No, homey whathehell Mar 2019 #34
Quite Me. Mar 2019 #54
I must post this. Surely you understand. jmowreader Mar 2019 #50
Well, that's certainly liberal. ehrnst Mar 2019 #65
I could care less about them and their feelings Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #6
Well you care more than most most couldnt care less about how they feel Fullduplexxx Mar 2019 #17
I was thinking the same thing, although Loughlin's R B Garr Mar 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter Mar 2019 #19
Lori Loughlin's daughter certainly knew she wasn't a crew athlete. scheming daemons Mar 2019 #37
They should be expelled. They had to know that what they were doing was wrong. Luciferous Mar 2019 #11
What is really bad True Blue American Mar 2019 #16
they could have had the 'college experience' at a less selective school crazycatlady Mar 2019 #30
Yes, I read something from her father that he didn't want her to go somewhere like Arizona State! LisaM Mar 2019 #53
Daddy probably figures SoCalNative Mar 2019 #56
I guess. LisaM Mar 2019 #59
I want to sell these rich kids the "college experience" TeamPooka Mar 2019 #62
Oh I think the empty headed daughter will be just fine after she gets done partying with spring UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #21
People with that sort of money Codeine Mar 2019 #24
Well, Lori's daughter seems to have surrounded her with equally self-entitled wealthy narcissists... hlthe2b Mar 2019 #25
What about the hundreds of kids who graduated over the years. This has been going on since 2011. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #26
If those kids weren't smart enough to get accepted on their own grades FakeNoose Mar 2019 #27
The only kid I might feel sorry for is one it appears that his mother tricked. catbyte Mar 2019 #28
Poor kid True Blue American Mar 2019 #33
I still find it hard to believe that these kids are THAT oblivious to what's going on. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #35
We're looking at this through adult lenses. Think back to when you were 16. Would you catbyte Mar 2019 #40
I'm looking at it through lenses of poor and caring parents. Dave Starsky Mar 2019 #66
That is a BS story mercuryblues Mar 2019 #71
I'm having a difficult time believing Callalily Mar 2019 #31
The FBI and prosecutor state most didn't know obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #32
There was one parent who even went so far as having her son take a fake ACT test at home with a catbyte Mar 2019 #41
I have no sympathy for those spoiled entitled brats... especially Lori Loughlin's daughter scheming daemons Mar 2019 #36
Of course you don't.. whathehell Mar 2019 #38
They're over 18 years old. They're adults. scheming daemons Mar 2019 #39
Yes, and what's MOST unforgivable.. whathehell Mar 2019 #44
Plenty of rich kids get into college on their merits scheming daemons Mar 2019 #45
I absolutely agree.. whathehell Mar 2019 #47
I think they'll be just fine. bluedigger Mar 2019 #46
There's always the: "don't be mean to me, my mother's in jail!" argument..... brooklynite Mar 2019 #48
There was actually an episode on Full House Separation Mar 2019 #51
The message to all needs to be that fraud won't be tolerated. They should all be expelled. aikoaiko Mar 2019 #52
Let's Not Forget Jared In All Of This Me. Mar 2019 #57
I'd be surprised if the universities didn't tell them to leave, and apply elsewhere. Seriously... Hekate Mar 2019 #58
The Loughlin kids are entitled RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2019 #63
I doubt the Loughlin ones will return then. More likely that they'll take leave for the rest of term suffragette Mar 2019 #64
Hopefully they'll be immediately expelled Raine Mar 2019 #67
TOLD Y'ALL! no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #68
I believe the appropriate response... 3catwoman3 Mar 2019 #69
Projected bullying Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #70
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