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Originally posted by baltassoc
The SAT is not a test of whether someone can read, write and do math (although all of those things are necessary to acheive above a minimum score).
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At a basic level it is. While Affirmative Action has nothing to do with testing anything.
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Originally posted by baltassoc It is a test of ones ability to reason, along with, at the high end, a test of one's vocabulary, with a emphasis on vocabulary common to east coast elites.
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"Common to east coast elites". What exactly is an east coast elite except for a rich liberal who doesn't understand economics. This is such crap. I am sorry if the SAT doesn't contain the latest slang. Can you not see how that is not practical?
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Originally posted by baltassoc I think her data is valid; at least as valid as the anecdotal evidence you present. At any rate, it would be surprising if AA admissions were able to fully keep up, at least initially.
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You just contradicted yourself and her. If AA admissions are not able to keep up fully, AA is by definition not a good as a determiner of merit as the SAT, now is it?
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Originally posted by baltassoc I don't see it as absurd that someone from a blue collar background, who won their place in college against tougher odds, wouldn't be more successful in life after college, nor does it seem absurd that such a person would donate more to the institution that made them what they are than someone who was otherwise advanatged and who would therefor value the contribution of their university somewhat less.
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It is absurd because it is just not accurate. This women uses faulty statistical methods. Always has and I assume she always will. And even if the stats were accurate, students should be chosen based on merit and nothing else.
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Originally posted by baltassoc
Can you imagine why my high school classmates who went to segregated elementary schools might disagree with you?
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Why does it have to be your high school classmates that went to segregated schools? Why can't it be just anyone who went to segregated schools? Oh wait - if that weren't the case then you wouldn't get to inform us that you went to school with some kids who went to segregated elementary school. OK - well you get two gold stars for going to a school with children that suffered under segregation. We will now defer to you as the expert on this subject because "you have shared their pain".
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Originally posted by baltassoc Keep a boot on someone's neck long enough, and they'll never get back up without a hand. One fucking full generation is all I ask.
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Why would you even want it for ten seconds if every study has shown that affirmative action is more harmful than helpful to the group it is trying to help?
