Chaos, Injustice and Joy: This Year’s College Essays About Money
Some of the most basic questions about money are also central to figuring out what and who you want to be: What do I have, what do I want, how does that compare to others around me and how should I feel about it?In The New York Times’s 10th year of publishing teenagers’ college application essays about money, work, social class and other related topics, all four writers grappled with these questions in their own ways.How should I handle my parents making a drastic change in how they earn their living? What will I do to get money, and why?…
