Today’s Times tells the heart-warming story of Alex Griffiths who was kidnapped as an infant and has now achieved an A and two Bs at A-level to win her place at university. The story certainly has the feel-good factor, but one part struck me as depressing:
Sacrifice? Alex’s mother’s decision to spend the money on education was certainly laudable. She could have made life much more comfortable for herself with the money – in fact she lived in council housing while she saved the money.“Her mother, Dawn Griffiths, a nanny from Middlesbrough, was paid £110,000 for the story, but rather than spend it, she put all the money into a fund to give her daughter the education that she never had. The sacrifice – which allowed Alex to attend a private boarding school with fees of more than £6,000 a term – paid off.”
But it’s her decision (not any sacrifice) we must praise – she seized an opportunity that most never get presented with.
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