Can you ever be truly certain? Even if you very strongly believe that you are correct about something, how can you be certain you are certain? This thought came to me when I read an article last week about college admissions.
The article interviewed someone that worked for a tutoring company that offered "special services" for a little more cash after the recent Operation Varsity Blues scandal, a conspiracy in which many rich families bought their way into top universities. These services included one on one consulting about college essays, help editing one's application, and much more. In other words, you could pay people to write your college application for you, and it's not an extremely uncommon occurrence, either. Sometimes, these people don't even need to interview you. They create passions, achievements, and stories out of nothing. Now, that's not to say that the people that write these applications are completely soulless human beings. Many of them simply write them as a means to earn money. They hate the kids that pay them, hate the fact that those that don't deserve to get into good schools can buy their way in. But in a world so focused around money, they believe that if you have the writing skills to do that, what else can could you possibly do? They are able to craft characters from green paper bills that are so lifelike and full of passion that it's impossible to tell the difference between those characters and real humans. Money can create a version of you that you didn't even know existed.
So, if you can't even be certain that someone's college application, which was literally created so you could showcase your own skills and personality, is truly their own work, what can you be certain about in this world?
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