In “The College Bribery Scandal and the Uberization of Graft” opinion columnist speaks on the situation involving wealthy families paying money for their child’s admission into different prestigious colleges. Not only does Farhad Manjoo currently write for the New York Times he also has wrote for many other respect newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Previously Manjoo wrote for the Times’ State of the Art column where he established his credibility as an opinion columnist. One might think that the author’s target audience is all the students who were cheated during their college admissions process, however that was not his intention. His true target audience is those responsible for allowing wealth to invade our education system. Manjoo makes the claim that there is in fact different college admission systems for those who are wealthy and those who are not. William Singer, who supposedly played a very important role in all this corruption, stated that he could practically guarantee your child’s admission into a particular school for a fee. Mr. Singer referred to this route as the “side door” for getting into college. The author breaks down the importance of wealth into simple terms. Wealth’s only significance is not to purchase different items. According to the article “it buys power and influence, it buys class and it buys permanence” and possibly even political power. If the integrity of our own education system is put into question, the foundation of American society, how can we trust our government that was elected by the people. I believe the wealthy have a significant amount of control in our government. However, I also do believe that there are good people who are working everyday to fight corruption caused by the wealthy.
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