<p>I was totally envious when I heard, last summer, that my son’s friends were going off to one of those really expensive school programs and then taking elaborate exotic traveling excursions from there for weeks. My son stayed home and worked a summer job at an ice cream shop. He didn’t love working, but it was a fun summer nonetheless: making money and hanging out. Such is life in this affluent town.</p>
<p>In the end, my son has been accepted at 2 schools and waiting for others. His friends are still in limbo, (but I’m thinking money talks).</p>