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> So, a smart ambitious kid with non-rich parents can graduate from a top school with an extremely strong network and have no debt. Or the kid could win the lo
by FussyZeus 7y ago
> So, a smart ambitious kid with non-rich parents can graduate from a top school with an extremely strong network and have no debt.
Or the kid could win the lottery, with effectively the same odds of success. That does not make this a good system.
- defen 7y agoI'm not saying it's a good system, but we've effectively ended up in a situation where some of the kids least in need of a leg up end up getting a huge boost, and the ones who need more help get nothing.
- FussyZeus 7y agoExcept this argument is an offshoot of a problem caused by a greater fault. To take this in a programming metaphor, you're attempting to make an unmaintained, old library work with new code, when there are perfectly good alternatives available with better functionality and support, and good use cases. Instead of band-aiding the bad solution, throw it out. Get a better one.