Doug Brunt

But then he comes out with Liar's Poker, which is an amazing book.

Yeah.

And like Michael Lewis, you went on to a great career.

Yes.

From there.

As you're reading that and all the stats and there are all these universities you're talking about, it's occurring to me the real... I mean, this is something we talked about a bit before, but with this story, the real problem here is the college admission process.

It's so screwed up.

And the parents.

Well, it's the parents' fault and the university because the parents gear everything around the wrong goal.

We're supposed to be preparing these kids for life.

So...

Offering these little cheat codes to get a better grade to get into the college is not preparing you for life.

It's preparing you to get into the college that makes the parent feel good, like junior got into an Ivy or whatever it is.

And it's ruined not only academics, it's ruined athletics because that's the same thing, too.

Athletics used to be about teaching practice equals improvement and teamwork and all of these values that you get from sports.

And in addition to just sort of having a rounded youth.

Having a rounded youth, that's like the way to get into college in the 70s and 80s.

Now you're not rounded.

You have to be a specialist in one thing.

You have to be the best violinist or the best chess player so you can get into Yale or whatever.