Girls parents give her 100 grand to make a website.

I'm a pretty firm believer in the idea that most Americans have just as equal an opportunity to advance as any others, but sometimes I lose my convincing. Take for example this girl (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7425321) , that her "investors" (her mom and dad) gave her 100,000 dollars for her to make a social media website and a t-shirt website. She is now considered the genius of the school and is getting tons of attention from the media. I find this slightly unfair. I did a little more research, and from what I can see, she didn't even make the website, that 100 grand paid people to do it. Throughout school I was the kid everyone liked that could program websites, software, games, and pretty well anything else awesome, yet, my teachers all just said that was silly. The rich kids on the other hand that talked about wanting to learn those things, got all the attention and were deemed "the smart ones". This story kind of brought back those school memories for me. Nyone else feel this way about this stuff....?

Life isn't fair.

People that believe it is are either fools or idiots.
All you can do is make the most of what you are given and take pride in what you are able to accomplish.

Raising enough money is the largest hurdle in getting a business off the ground.

Your teachers were idiots. Some people will just have life easier for them from the start while others have to work thier butt off just to live a comfortable life, nothing new.

Life isn't fair.

People that believe it is are either fools or idiots.
All you can do is make the most of what you are given and take pride in what you able to accomplish.

rawsavon

Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, why don't you just go out there and get some rich parents like she did?

some people are better off then others, just be thankful you arent living in a mud hut someplace weezyfb

Like me at the moment. Glad I'm going back to the US before the end of the year

some people are better off then others, just be thankful you arent living in a mud hut someplace weezyfb

Life isn't fair.

People that believe it is are either fools or idiots.
All you can do is make the most of what you are given and take pride in what you are able to accomplish.

rawsavon

I know what you mean but behind pretty much every project is extensive amounts of design and planning, that's what she's doing. markop2003

Life isn't fair.

People that believe it is are either fools or idiots.
All you can do is make the most of what you are given and take pride in what you are able to accomplish.

rawsavon

That is all

Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, why don't you just go out there and get some rich parents like she did?

Oleg_Huzwog

The sad part is it's the people that give them the attention and respect for being rich, which can only get them farther, while the people that work their asses off aren't even recognized as existing lol. Paris Hilton is an extreme example, but years ago I didn't know she existed, and now she's getting paid a million dollars just to show up at an event for 10 minutes. Gotta love what people do with their money, one person is trying to pay the other rent, another person is spending a year's rent worth on a card game as pocket change. Life just ain't fair, it's insane (and disgusting) how the two extremes can exist. But I'm just going to stop now before I sound like a whiner. In reality money means very little, it's what you make the life you have that's important.Jordo321

And there are people out there that would view you like you view Paris Hilton
-you are on a computer, for fun, posting your own thoughts w/out fear of reprisal

I am not trying to turn this into a contest of who is worse off.

But nothing is 'fair'...we are all different
The only way things would be fair is if we were all born into the exact same situations (same IQ, parents, sex, race, house, school, etc)

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, why don't you just go out there and get some rich parents like she did?

pindropviolence

I've always,and still am, 'the computer kid' at my school. Whenever there is a problem with a teachers computer, I get called out of class to fix it. I've had people offer me money to make them websites for some club or another. I can make a website with less than 10$. And that's just the domain name, I host the site. I can't stand it when people hire others to do their work, then take credit for it.NeverPool

I'm a pretty firm believer in the idea that most Americans have just as equal an opportunity to advance as any others, but sometimes I lose my convincing. Take for example this girl (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7425321) , that her "investors" (her mom and dad) gave her 100,000 dollars for her to make a social media website and a t-shirt website. She is now considered the genius of the school and is getting tons of attention from the media. I find this slightly unfair. I did a little more research, and from what I can see, she didn't even make the website, that 100 grand paid people to do it. Throughout school I was the kid everyone liked that could program websites, software, games, and pretty well anything else awesome, yet, my teachers all just said that was silly. The rich kids on the other hand that talked about wanting to learn those things, got all the attention and were deemed "the smart ones". This story kind of brought back those school memories for me. Nyone else feel this way about this stuff....?

lordlunch2

You do realize you're bringing this girl even more attention and probably hits to her sites.

I still don't get it though. 100 grand to make a website :?Those programmers got lucky.

some people are better off then others, just be thankful you arent living in a mud hut someplace weezyfb

100 grand for some girl to pay people to create a website for her...... that's lame. If your gonna try and do that at least make it yourself.

That's why I don't understand why people say there is equal opportunity. Even in america it is not true.Mochyc

[QUOTE="Mochyc"]That's why I don't understand why people say there is equal opportunity. Even in america it is not true.EMOEVOLUTION

Money does make the world go round sadly.

Money does make the world go around sadly.

...$100,000 for a website?

I've never made a website, but isn't that a bit...much?

Sometimes I get discouraged!

My parents are paying for my food and rent when I go to University...I just have to pay my tuition...So I guess me saying she's spoiled is hypocritical...If she gets wealthy off this though, she should pay her parents back, and then some I think though.