New School Will Teach One-Percenters How to Pick a Private Jet

[IDemo]

A new, and yet-to-be-opened, school for the uber-wealthy plans to establish itself — of course — at Trump Tower in New York City. Its founder, Jonathan Cheban, has a background in PR and entrepreneurship, but is perhaps better known as a "bestie" of Kim Kardashian.

In an interview with New You magazine, Cheban explained that his school, the International School of New York, will advise "wealthy kids" on such tricky topics as selecting the perfect diamond, choosing the best leather for the interior of their private jet, understanding the different types of caviar, plus "other fundamental undergrad and grad classes."

"This is the social stuff you need to know to survive in a city like this with a lot of money," Cheban told the publication.

The cost for tutorship at the school was not immediately available. For comparison, Institut Villa Pierrefeu, a historic finishing school in Switzerland that offers "bespoke" six-week courses on subjects such as wine pairing and diplomatic protocol, runs a cool $20,000 per session.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/new-school-will-teach-one-percenters-how-pick-private-jet-n515656

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. If you have to ask how much it costs, the school is not for you... ;) nt

[IDemo]

2. They'll have the only outsourced football team in the nation

[Brother Buzz]

10. Football is taught in their business classes

NFL ownership 101: Enjoy sitting in a nice warm luxury booth by getting the unwashed masses to pay for it.

Negotiating new stadiums 101: Socialize the costs while privatizing the profits

[roguevalley]

12. he's a complete sychophant. A leach on the body politic.

[DetlefK]

3. Owners of massive amounts of money and responsibility critically need those caviar-skills.

I mean, what's more important than knowing what's the best caviar and best leather?

Math? Literature? Economics? Politics? History?

What possible uses could a spoiled uber-rich brat have for those?

[Rex]

4. A sucker born every minute.

LOL rich folks don't need schools to learn that kind of crap, they grow up learning it first hand. Sounds like a school for wannabe Trumps. Not to say they won't be rich...just not 'in the club' kinda rich.

[Recursion]

5. Pierrefeu has a centuries-old pedigree and actually knows what they're talking about

Plus their protocol classes are free. Not remotely comparable to this nonsense. "Finishing school" my ass. If it was founded in your lifetime, or your grandparents', it's not a real finishing school.

[cali]

9. Yep.

[mainer]

6. one-percenters can't afford private jets.

I think you mean 0.1 percenters.

[Initech]

7. Another reason why the rich need to be taxed.

[KamaAina]

8. I was positive that was going to be The Onion!

[Vinca]

11. Understanding the different types of caviar?????? Seriously?????????

While children are starving in America????? And they wonder why the 1% are being demonized.

[MisterP]

13. I believe Goldie Hawn already covered this (NSFW)