fourisenough Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I was just looking for a Rover dog sitter, and I came across this gem. Either this person absolutely did NOT graduate from Stanford, or he wasted his money and learned nothing about writing. Not trying to be unkind or vilify him, but, boy howdy does my 12-year old with an SLD in written expression write better than that! 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Attending Stanford is more about money than anything else. 🤷♀️ I'm not saying there aren't very bright and deserving students there. There are also plenty of wealthy and connected students there. 17% of students at Stanford are from families with annual income over $630K a year (the 1%), and 66% are from the top 20%. I know top 20 grads working for people who went to directional state schools, so I don't find this super odd at all. I mean they may be lying too, who knows, but I wouldn't be surprised either way. The grammar on this ad is quite poor lol! But it also reads like a young person typing on a phone. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/stanford-university The thing I do find funny about this is the inclusion on rover.com ad. Looking for Stanford loyalists? I'm sure there is some percentage of the population that would find this a draw actually (oh, must come from a GOOD family). But I can't imagine Stanford actually prepares you for pet care better than most other educational or employment settings. 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, catz said: The thing I do find funny about this is the inclusion on rover.com ad. Looking for Stanford loyalists? I'm sure there is some percentage of the population that would find this a draw actually (oh, must come from a GOOD family). But I can't imagine Stanford actually prepares you for pet care better than most other educational or employment settings. 😂 I totally agree! All I care about is whether you will let my 15-year old Chiwenie sleep in bed with you and tell him what a smart, pretty boy he is about 20 times a day! 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Oh my gosh, what a precious beby! Only 5 star review caretakers for that doggo! 🥰 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I know someone with a PhD who is an amazing award-winning writer who can absolutely format anything correctly... who would totally write like this if posting a quick ad on social media. So... I don't make any assumptions. Context and writing. This person understands it fine. That said, the name dropping of Stanford in a "I'm bumming around and just want to watch pets for now" ad is utterly absurd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 10 hours ago, fourisenough said: I totally agree! All I care about is whether you will let my 15-year old Chiwenie sleep in bed with you and tell him what a smart, pretty boy he is about 20 times a day! Ermagerd, SO CUTE! I'm totally qualified, BTW. "Who's a good boy??" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easypeasy Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I had something semi-intelligent to say on the topic - but then saw the picture of that precious bby and descended into baby-talking to a sweet, old puppers inside my own head. His widdle legs!! ♥ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD1 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 In a similar vein, I was watching a livestream on collegevine. It was a live essay review, and the essay was so bad I couldn't believe it. After a few sentences, and the reviewer admirably offering corrections, I thought this couldn't possilby be real. It had to be some sort of prank. It was funny in a sad kind of way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, JD1 said: In a similar vein, I was watching a livestream on collegevine. It was a live essay review, and the essay was so bad I couldn't believe it. After a few sentences, and the reviewer admirably offering corrections, I thought this couldn't possilby be real. It had to be some sort of prank. It was funny in a sad kind of way. I’ve seen a few essays like that— one recently from a friend’s daughter who just graduated from undergrad and needed me to edit her personal statement for her 2nd degree BSN application to the same school. When reading it, I looked around for the candid camera like I was being ‘punked’. It was that bad. And she got into the program, so what do I know?! Edited April 23, 2022 by fourisenough 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 In college a place I worked had someone apply for a sales job that said he graduated from one of the big Kansas schools. Something seemed odd during the interview and he was asked to read the newspaper. He couldn't. They looked into it and he really did get a BA. He was an athlete. And he couldn't read! He needed to be able to read the scripts they'd prepared and do simple addition and subtraction and fill out an order form. Yet a BA from Kansas didn't prepare him for that. The manager really wouldn't have cared if someone didn't have more than that. He grew up on the streets in a war-torn country and didn't even take even the standard deduction on his income taxes because he was grateful for the chances the America gave him. I don't think he had the equivalent of a HS degree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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