Chapter 12What the Rich Get Wrong: Don't Pay to Play over Summer

When I was in high school, I had never heard of the “summer program.” I received my education on the US teenage culture through the astute tutelage of the American Pie series. From the notorious band camp in American Pie to the more general summer camps that served as the setting of many horror movies that my friends and I used to watch voraciously in high school, the idea of hanging out with a lot of friends in a remote location sounds like a blast. The concept didn't really exist in New Zealand. Most people would spend a week or so with their friends at a music festival or at the beach getting too much sun, but there were limited structured programs. This is partially a symptom ...

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