It's insane and oppressive to rescind college admission on the basis of "offensive statements" teens made on social media. In order to gain admission to elite institutions, teens now have to be career-minded, perfect little angels beginning at childhoodhttps://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605133346283521 …
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Our elite feeder institutions are training kids to be terrified of ever transgressing social taboos, even in private, for fear of compromising their life prospects. If those are the types of people you want dominating elite society, congrats, that's what you're going to get
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If a black 16-year-old got caught making allegedly "offensive" statements on Snapchat or something -- say, "fuck the police" or "kill pigs" -- my reaction would be 100% the same. And if your reaction would be different, maybe self-reflect on what exactly you're objecting to
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I literally never sat around with my friends and said or wrote things like this. If I had, I would deserve the consequences.pic.twitter.com/DY79Ac4YMO
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If my friends had caught me writing that kind of crap they would have beat some sense into me. Anyone calling this crap normal had a very abnormal group of friends.
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So your "BSing with friends" included hate speech? Good to know. Some of us managed to "BS with friends" and never even think of racist slurs. This thread is a terrible look, since apparently your friends wouldn't know enough to tell you.
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All we are asking for kids to do is think about what they say, how they say it and what's involved in a dynamic intellectual community. Kashuv was smart enough to choose punditry and fame by siding with the most divisive creatures in the USA today. He knew what he was doing.
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He should have been disciplined in history class and somebody should have stopped him back then: he was not "just using the n-word" once - what he wrote in the history class would have gotten him suspended at my school.
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Children LEARN what they LIVE!! Sounds like the home training to me!
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I did and I’m ashamed. The things I said were ignorant and not violent, but I’m still deeply deeply ashamed. Every time I think of it my guts do a double axel. Why isn’t SHAME the normal reaction instead of “MF you rescindin my admission to HARVARD?!?!”
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Now I’m fascinated to find out what YOU said as a teen, since you think this is perfectly normal
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Right? My friends and I used to think we were super edgy calling each other sluts and whores etc, stupid yes but this is different territory
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I teach at a high school. This behavior isn’t ok. It isn’t widespread and it sure as hell is a valid reason to rescind a college admission. This kid recorded himself and spoke that way numerous times. It wasn’t a bug, it was a feature.
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This. This, this, this. I, too, teach in a high school. A goddamned southern high school, in a small town, and so one cannot even apply those tired stereotypes. This asshole acted like an asshole and, no, it isn't common or okay and is a valid reason to be rejected.
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No they don't. After the age of 12 an individual should know better.
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More like age of 7 when morality and ethics are understood. Also able to reflect on how your behavior affects others by then. Of course parents can also poison u in the other direction by then too.
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So wait is this the "locker room talk" defense?
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I am a high school counselor. No they don't. Some do, and they know the consequences, both socially and academically, and face them.
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I've never said the N word in my entire life. My parents taught me better. He should be upset with his parents for not raising him properly, not upset with Harvard.
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In his apology he said this is not how his parents raised him and did it anyway which means he went against their values... that makes it worse to me
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