| "If someone doesn't give you something and you need it- you either get it someplace else or shrug and say "oh well"."
This works only if you know that the issue exists.
For example, in my daughter's school, the guidance department does not provide any information about SAT II tests to 9th and 10th grade parents, even though some of their kids might be in a good position to take some of these tests at the end of the school year. (For example, some 10th graders take AP U.S. History and would have a very good chance of getting high scores on the SAT II U.S. History test.) Because the GCs don't provide the information, only the kids from savvy families end up taking the test. The others never even inquire about it because they don't realize that the situation exists. They don't have the choice to search or shrug. They can only feel bad many months later when they realize that they missed an opportunity they did not know existed. |