Not “Elite” But “The Connected Class”
Why do people want to attend an Ivy League or comparable school? The education isn’t actually that much better. You can get a great education at a state university if you study hard and take the right professors. You can get a great education at a small college if you study hard and work on developing relationships with your professors. Professors at small colleges often take a deep interest in their students. Professors at big universities and Ivies might take an interest in students but most of them actually enjoy the research part.
No, people will do anything to attend an Ivy because of the network. All of a sudden, you have the moniker and stamp of approval. However, it doesn’t mean you will be anointed and receive all the blessings of the network. There are other hoops to jump through to do that. In addition, if you run afoul of the norms and standards of the network, your reputation is trashed.
The Connected Class has its own rules and norms. For example, there is “free speech” but it’s not really free speech like we think about it. They own guns, but they don’t own pedestrian guns but rifles and shotguns with wonderful stocks and engraving on the receiver. Sometimes, they walk among us but most of the time they remain behind closed oak doors and in black cars.
Of course, there are exceptions. Some of The Connected Class go “Bohemian” but there is always an excuse for that.
