http://www.gawker.com/news/kaavya-viswanathan/
What a train wreck!
17-year old co-ed receives $500,000 book advance before entering Harvard. Charges of plagiarism start appearing…
Plagiarism, over-achieving minority culture (tell me about it, I’m 1st-generation Taiwanese), Harvard, Katie Couric, denials, photographic memory, book not being pulled, book being pulled, book packagers, over-priced grooming companies to get your kid into an Ivy… Bwahahahaha – it boggles the mind how many angles this story has. I’ve found the Gawker posts to be among the most entertaining.