<p>I think it is funny and weird that some people get so bent out of shape about rich parents sending their kids on trips to see the world and get down with the common folk. Why is there anything inherently wrong with it?</p>
<p>The author of the article just assumes that parents who do this are stupid, and do it for college admissions. How does he even know that is what they think? For all we know, they may think their kids are sheltered and dependent, need to be sent away on their own to grow up, with dependable chaperoning, while learning more about the world. What is so wrong with that?</p>
<p>If a poor kid got a scholarship to do the same thing, would everyone be jumping all over his parents?</p>