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And that ambiguity is an economy: the rich slackers are seen as smart by association with the achievements of (past) students admitted by merit, and the rabble
by rhizome 6y ago
And that ambiguity is an economy: the rich slackers are seen as smart by association with the achievements of (past) students admitted by merit, and the rabble students acquire aristocratic social cache by the same token. I'm not an economist, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is a self-powering machine.
- acruns 6y agoThat is an absolutely wonderful use of the word cache.
- arcticbull 6y agoYou're looking for cachet ("the state of being respected or admired; prestige") not cache ("hidden away for future use").
- clankyclanker 6y agoAlso not to be confused with Caché (apparently pronounced like cachet): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterSystems_Cach%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterSystems_Cach%C3%A9
- Galanwe 6y agoI will be the picky one: Caché, cache, cachette and cachet have a different pronunciation. Cachet and cachait do have the same though. Same for caché and cacher.
- MiroF 6y ago> Caché, cachet I'll be honest I have no idea what the difference is between these two.
- arcticbull 6y agoOnes French, and is the past tense of the verb cacher, “to hide”
- MiroF 6y agoNo, I meant the pronunciation!
- arcticbull 6y agoHaha it’s should be the same - but maybe that’s because I learned French in Canada.
- Galanwe 6y agoIt's different, though maybe native English speakers will struggle because there is no equivalent of "é". "et", "è", "ai" are all pronounced the same. Similar to the "e" in "best". For "é" and "er" I struggle to find a definite English equivalent sound. Sometimes "a" is close, but it depends on the accent of the speaker. Maybe the best example is just the last "é" when pronouncing "Beyoncé" or "fiancée"
- MiroF 6y ago> "e" in "best". But I pronounce chachet nothing like the e in best. It seems much more similar to a french "é" This is how I pronounce it: https://www.google.com/search?q=cachet+pronunciation&oq=cachet+p&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0l6.1266j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=cachet+pronunciation&oq=cach...
- Galanwe 6y agoThen you don't pronounce it well :D The link you gave me looks like someone with a strong English accent trying to pronounce French (which make sense for an AI)
- closeparen 6y agoSufficiently prestigious schools are drowning in perfect applicants. You don’t even need to admit any rich slackers. Just let some of the qualified substitute money for luck.
- MiroF 6y agoThere are certainly some rich slacker/less talented people at prestigious schools, though I agree with the main thrust of your argument.
- solveit 6y ago> Sufficiently prestigious schools are drowning in perfect applicants. This is by design. There exist tests that can distinguish between the merely very good and the outstanding. Elite US universities go out of their ways to not use them, precisely so they can admit the merely very good legacies.
- MiroF 6y agoElite schools don't use them at least partially so they can take the same tests as every other school.
- lumost 6y agoA test that splits the top .1% of test takers vs. the top 1% likely isn't the best indicator of future career performance ( the source of university prestige ), or necessarily academic performance.
- rdtwo 6y agoThat’s because future career is mostly influenced by how much money your parents have.
- saagarjha 6y agoOk, a test that splits between the top 0.01% and the top 1%. One student goes to national competitions, the other is merely a decent student at your local high school. The SAT lacks the granularity to distinguish between them.
- leoc 6y agoThis is "the right mix".