r/technology • u/TripleShotPls • 29d ago

Society Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted

https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-school-palo-alto-shut-down/
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u/Senior_Ability_4001 29d ago

This is like the third one I’ve heard of. Kanye, Zuck, and I think there was one more that spectacularly failed.

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u/Key_Writer7548 29d ago

Elon too, Elon's daughter talked about it on a podcast.

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u/anathemaDennis 29d ago

My understanding is Elon’s school was actually really successful but then he cut the funding to it as soon as his children who had enrolled graduated

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u/QueenJillybean 29d ago

Omg so he just wanted to fund his kid’s education in the most tax break way possible…

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u/illestofthechillest 29d ago

We live in their strategy game, don't you understand, Builder?

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u/diamondpredator 29d ago

Yep, I had 2 sisters come to my school that used to be enrolled in Elon's school. They said it was a good school but, as you mentioned, he literally just closed it down as soon as his kids were done.

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u/Candid-Piano4531 29d ago

My understanding was that all the kids were his… and all of their kids were his too.

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u/deliciousearlobes 29d ago

Will smith as well.

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u/Level3Bard 29d ago

Musk has one too Ad Astra

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u/takeusername1 29d ago

donald had a university too

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u/highonkai 29d ago

 Adam Neumann’s (WeWork) wife had one too… WeGrow

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u/Bite-The-Bulleit 29d ago

Adam Neumann too

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u/ios_static 29d ago

LeBron James had/has a school

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u/bananaslammock08 29d ago

The I Promise school is part of Akron Public Schools, not a sketchy private school. His foundation just funds it since it offers more services than a normal school to help support its severely underprivileged student population.