From the New York Times and The New Republic come this story and this résumé about a young man named Adam Wheeler who faked his way into Harvard and has apparently falsified nearly everything about his academic life. The image above, from The New York Times, gives details on just a few of his lies. Note the "veritas" on two out of three of the school insignias shown. Wheeler is now being prosecuted for theft of scholarship money from Harvard and has pleaded "not guilty" despite what seems to be overwhelming evidence against him. What is to be done with people like him? What will he do? Will his lying escalate (though I can't imagine what could be bigger than this), or will he be somehow reformed and go on high school lecture tours about honesty? What does a person do once everyone finds out he is a phony?
"What does a person do once everyone finds out he is a phony?"
ReplyDeleteI've often wondered this myself. In Wheeler's case, it seems like a pretty safe bet that he'll do his best to fake his way through the rest of his life from here on out. He seems to be a very tenacious individual.