And after four years at Lionswood, I know exactly just how right. The true wealth of my classmates isn’t in designer bags and red-bottomed shoes – it’s in connections. It’s Sophie’s step-father sharing a golf game with almost the entirety of Dartmouth’s admission board. It’s the gaggle of tutors and college counselors Ava’s mother has been hiring since she was old enough to walk. It’s Adrian’s mother inviting Harvard’s president over for dinner. No matter how hard I try, how hard I study, how hard I work on my art, I’ve always been playing the same game with half the cards. And I’ll be stuck
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And that's the game, ain't it?
