I Left My Homework in the Hamptons: What I Learned Teaching the Children of the One Percent
Written by Blythe Grossberg
Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon
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Ben orders daily room service while living in a five-star hotel. Olivia collects luxury brand sneakers worn by celebrities. Dakota jets off to Rome when she needs to avoid drama at school.
Welcome to the inner circle of New York’s richest families, where academia is an obsession, wealth does nothing to soothe status anxiety and parents will try just about anything to gain a competitive edge in the college admissions rat race.
When Blythe Grossberg first started as a tutor and learning specialist, she had no idea what awaited her inside the high-end apartments of Fifth Avenue. Children are expected to be as efficient and driven as CEOs, starting their days with 5:00 a.m. squash practice and ending them with late-night tutoring sessions. Meanwhile, their powerful parents will do anything to secure one of the precious few spots at the Ivy Leagues, whatever the cost to them or their kids.
Through stories of the children she tutors that are both funny and shocking, Grossberg shows us the privileged world of America’s wealthiest families and the systems in place that help them stay on top.
Blythe Grossberg
BLYTHE GROSSBERG, PsyD, is a learning specialist who has more than fifteen years of experience helping children and adults with ADHD and learning differences become more effective at school and at work. She has published several books, including Asperger’s Rules!, Focused: ADHD & ADD Parenting Strategies for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder and Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wonderful book. Very honest and non-judgmental. I like the empathy the author shows for her students.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5bearable only til half-way through... it states the obvious, no revelation whatsoever. very boring.