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"Full House" is a popular show for all generations that has been around since 1987. Audiences love the chaos and humor the show has, and also how it presents the American household not as perfect, but rather a loving mess. However, the last week has definitely presented off-screen chaos for the show as one of its main character's, Aunt Becky, has been caught up in an academic fraud scandal. In this Forbes article, Christopher Rim writes about how the whole situation unfolded, and then the financial complexities of the situation. To start off, when I first heard of this news, I was shocked. Aunt Becky is going to jail? I honestly did not think very deeply about what she had actually done until this article presented me with thoughts about how serious this really is.
So I know you're probably wondering right now, who is Aunt Becky and why is she going to jail? Well, Aunt Becky is Lori Loughlin in real life, a 54 year old actress who is married to Mossimo Giannulli. They have two kids, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose. The parents are now accused of paying a bribe of $500,000 to make it appear as if their daughters were recruits for University of Southern California's crew team. This is all coming to the surface with a slew of other arrests of high-profile parents who pay upwards of a million dollars to get their children into top schools. The Forbes article points out a number of things that drew my attention. First off, neither of the girls have ever even rowed on a team! As an athlete who looked into college athletics, this angered me immediately. Trying to play a collegiate sport is a long, grueling process where not only is around 15 years of hard work in the sport enough but the school has to actually want you to come, which is where many people have trouble in the recruiting process. To think there are people who commit their entire lives to rowing, but these two girls pay their way in by saying they have done this, is just upsetting.
The article then brings up a point I agree with, instead of bribing coaches to lie about your children’s athletic ability, why not invest in developing that ability? If there was $500,000 split between the two of them for bribery, that would mean $250,000 each. Could you imagine what $250,000 worth of tutoring would look like? The girls had the monetary means to have enough tutoring for a perfect SAT score or nearly perfect test grades. But I guess their family was more attracted to taking the easy way out rather than working for college acceptance like every other American student must do.
Lastly, the Forbes article brings up the results from this week's news in regards to their families' jobs. Lori Loughlin has been fired from both Fuller House, the new version of Full House, and Hallmark Channel. Olivia Jade ended her YouTube channel and Sephora cut ties with her. Also, both girls have dropped out of USC. In regards to Loughlin, I now have no sympathy for her and am perfectly fine with her losing her jobs. However, when it comes to the girls, I do have some lingering thoughts and questions. Olivia Jade's future has most likely been demolished because the brand she has built up has been torn apart, and she does not have much hope in regards to college since dropping out is not the best look on another application. However, Forbes says at the end of the article a line that made me think: "But somewhere along the way, it seems that the Giannullis decided that bragging rights and their own egos were more important than the true aspirations (and mental/emotional wellbeing) of their children." Are these girls' futures being ruined because of something their parents did that they didn't have control over? For all we know the girls could have begged their parents not to do this because they feared it would get out or they didn't want to go to a top school like USC. If you assume this happened, it sure is devastating that their lives truly have been both built up and destroyed by their parents.
Overall, the news of Lori Loughlin's arrest caught me off guard at first. However, after reading Christopher Rim's Forbes article about it, I was both angered that people were able to get into colleges that most people dedicate their lives to getting into and upset that people in this world really do take advantage of money and people the way they do. But the last line of the article reminded me, there may be another side of the story we aren't hearing. Either way, this sadly reveals even more barriers in the college admissions process.
Hey Allie! I loved reading this blogpost and hearing your thoughts on the current issue regarding Lori Loughlin. One thing that really stood out to me was the fact that you analyzed every aspect of the situation, and the Forbes article. You gave super relevant details that were important to this topic. I also liked how you added in your own personal relevance to the situation, with the addition that you are also a student athlete. I thought your perspective as an athlete was very intriguing and interesting to read. This blog was written super well, and I was eager to hear more about this topic, other than what I have already heard on social media. I really liked how you concluded this blog, and how you added the possibility of an alternate perspective that the public is not aware of. Overall, good job!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Allie! I liked how you included your voice in this blog post. The background research helped support and make your argument stronger. I think it is also crazy how a mother would pay for someone to take their child's standardized tests. It was a great post, but maybe explore other perspectives rather than just the common view. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this and the questions you included throughout, it really grabbed my attention.
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Hey allie!! I really enjoyed reading this mainly because it also interested me. I loved how you added you relate to it and where you do and dont agree with loris actions. I really appreciate how you added internal citations! however,some of the grammar messed me up a little bit but over all i think you did amazing!
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