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So many great replys on NYT article: Love this one on Character and Self Respect. I hope that the students involved in the scandal think about this. I would wish this for their parents too but most of the parents are probably beyond help. Celeste EmiliaMarch 15 Today I have been channeling Joan Didion and was led to her 1961 essay in Vogue "On Self-Respect". "Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs." Words can help to restore dignity. I suggest the parents and young adults involved start studying: h t t p s : / / w w w . vo g ue. c o m/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961