Many people spend 40 hours working and going to school part-time even during the summer. They graduate with decent grades, don't complain, and keep going. I have a lot of respect for that people.
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Yup. It’s very messed up. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/magazine/who-gets-to-graduate.html …
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Thx for sharing the article. It gives some solid ideas to bridge the gap. just knowing that it is normal to be feel like an outsider had surprising effects.
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Which is why i am turning my energies to improving equity rather than equality. No poijt in having a 'fair shot' if you are screwed before you get there.
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Fwir of my college experiences, I expended a lot of time and energy running around trying to get free food, buy my groceries, get from one place to another, and save money buying textbooks, clothes, etc.
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I spent a lot of my limited budget of time trying to save money. (Of course, this happened to a not-insignificant degree during both high school and post-college years. Without knowing it, I'd "inherited" all of my parents financial habits, and all that came with those...)
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So essentially anybody campaigning for free higher education is demanding upper class welfare
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Socialist policies never precisely hit their mark and are very often distortive, on top of it. Sometimes that inefficiency is still worth it but honest discussions about trade offs and opportunity cost are rare.
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We need Cosma Shalizi (not just his automated new post account) on Twitter to talk about IQ, and other related topics....sadly, very small chance of that.
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