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Why not just make it free? Kids from not-ideal backgrounds can compete on merit alone. The way this Supreme Court intended?

• naijaboiler 3y ago
  there's nothing like pure merit if you are talking about not-ideal backgrounds. those folks are already heavily disadvantaged. Making it "merit" is just compounding their disadvantage while advantaging those already with advantages. The myth of pure meritocracy lives on usually perpetuated by those blind to their own privileges.
  • recursive 3y ago
    Meritocracy really is the worst system. Except for all the other ones we've tried.
  • tekknik 3y ago
    > there's nothing like pure merit if you are talking about not-ideal backgrounds. those folks are already heavily disadvantaged. I’m guessing you’re not from this background? Low income people have a huge amount of programs available to them that decrease or entirely remove that disadvantage. as one example over 20 years my school district placed imacs and cable internet connections into low income homes for everybody in the district that qualified, and paid the internet bill for a year.
• gowld 3y ago
  The Supreme Court did nothing of the sort. What is "merit" for access to education?