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> The guy who performs better. Did you read what I wrote? > The entire point of equality is that we are all one cohort Well but we aren't. One of the stronge
by andrepd 4y ago
> The guy who performs better.
Did you read what I wrote?
> The entire point of equality is that we are all one cohort
Well but we aren't. One of the strongest predictors of academic performance is parental income. Burying your head in the sand and pretending the problem doesn't exist is not a satisfactory answer.
- Dalewyn 4y ago>Did you read what I wrote? I did. If you aren't rewarding effort, skill, and talent there is no incentive to be successful. You pick the 3.8 GPA, aka the guy who performs better. >Well but we aren't. One of the strongest predictors of academic performance is parental income. Burying your head in the sand and pretending the problem doesn't exist is not a satisfactory answer. If the objective is to further equality, then the answer is to treat everyone the same with no arbitrary separators because that is the entire point of equality. With regards to university admissions, the performance measure in question is one's GPA or whatever objective measure the university wants to use. Income brackets can become a consideration if we are discussing financial assistance programs, but that is tangent to admission. Any program that favors people of a certain race or gender, either minority or otherwise, is literally racist and/or sexist and should not be tolerated.