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Anna Taggart is an earnest young Ivy League graduate who lands a job at an elite private school in Manhattan′s Upper East Side. For Anna‚ pursuing her passion as a teacher means engaging young hearts and minds; unfortunately‚ it also means struggling to make ends meet‚ and to overlook the fact that tuition for each of her students exceeds her annual salary. And then comes the discovery that the papers she grades are not the work of her pre−teen pupils‚ but of their college−educated tutors. After uncovering this fascinating underground economy where a teacher can make the same hourly rate as a Manhattan attorney‚ Anna Taggart is seduced by lucrative offers‚ and finds herself working as a teacher by day‚ tutor by night. In the process‚ she discovers the secrets of the lifestyle of some of New York′s wealthiest and most influential families . . . and a lot about herself.
Based on the author′s real experiences‚ SCHOOLED offers an insider look at a world where it′s as polite to talk about the tutors of Manhattan′s poshest neighborhoods as it is to discuss the exact figure salaries of their C−suite employers. Even the tutors themselves‚ members of a blog generation who keep nothing private‚ have remained mysteriously silent about the truth of what really goes on in and after school. Until now.
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