<p>…or, maybe closed-minded, eh, Bella? At least you tempered what you wrote in reply before you edited it. Maybe you should ask the students at Bard who volunteer in the program what they think of it? </p>
<p>That’s OK though; my own brother thought it was awful to spend any money on or give this advantage to convicted rapists and murderers. I told him I held his education (private prep and Middlebury) responsible, not him personally. I don’t see how anyone could watch the prison inmate describe how he served as a role-model for his daughter who is now attending college herself, and not find the program encouraging for the future of humanity. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>On Monday I mailed the tuition deposit for my daughter to attend Bard this fall. She chose Bard over UVA, W&M, Wellesley, Wesleyan, and some others, knowing full well she’d graduate with twice the debt (in her name) of some of those others. She always was impulsive.</p>