David Hogg: Yep, it’s a hook ( but what a sad one)

gallentjill
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:45:42 +0000

A tragedy is NOT a hook. It really hurts to listen to kids (and often parents) complaining that if only thier kid had suffered in some tragic way, they would be able to get into Harvard. Sometimes a tragedy can be the inciting incident that awakens something in a kid and starts them on a path that has impact, whether that be in politics, art or science or something else. However, its the accomplishements that are the “hooks” not the tragedy or simply surviving it. Not every kid who survived Parkland is getting into Harvard, only the ones who took meaningful action and show the promise of being leaders going forward.

And plenty of kids are motivated to have that kind of impact without needing a tragedy to start them out. Those kids get into elite universities without needed to suffer first.