Mom And I Will Be At The Beach While You Learn International Diplomacy

In case you needed another reason to take sides in class warfare, this New York Times (of course) article about "culturally immersive activities" for kids on luxury vacations should do it. Apparently, when parents rent villas on the Mediterranean or homes in Tuscany or whatever, they'll also throw in hiring falconers, or setting up perfume-making workshops, private puppet shows, watercolor painting lessons, even olive-picking. Does anyone ask the kids? Because if I was a rich kid and at a gorgeous private home with a pool in Europe, I'd hate anything remotely education-like and I'd want to be able to hang out at the pool and have someone bring junk food to me. The educational stuff is just too precious and too much like compiling lines for the "extracurricular activities" section of college applications. (New York Times)

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