If doing research in high school is unfair and puts poorer students at a disadvantage, what extracurriculars are fair?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

I am so happy I benefitted from URM and low income programs. Now my kids do not need any advantages and I am able to afford their extra curriculars and test prep. Nevertheless, I am aware there are many kids who, could contribute to our tax base in the future and be leaders in our communities, but for reasons beyond their control, they cannot access higher education. I am not an a$$hole who would pull the ladder up behind me. I wish there were more programs that supported these students. If my kid ends up at JMU instead of VT because a low income URM “took their spot”, so be it. My kids will be fine wherever they land, as they will always have our support and connections.

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teens should do stuff that they learn from and that interests them. If that's research in a lab, great. But I fear that too many are doing it just so they can list it on a college application.

Many HS activities are performative over true passion.

Sometimes, the passion is the performance. 🥰

~Band Mom
(whose kid is self-taught on a $100 pawn-shop trombone)

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

Exactly.

Total POS garbage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

Funny though. These DEI efforts are many times racist. It’s great watching racism fail.

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

Funny though. These DEI efforts are many times racist. It’s great watching racism fail.

You could oppose race-based initiatives and still not celebrate URM falling behind. Well, I mean, normal and decent people could. Not you.

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

Funny though. These DEI efforts are many times racist. It’s great watching racism fail.

You could oppose race-based initiatives and still not celebrate URM falling behind. Well, I mean, normal and decent people could. Not you.

But is celebrating the gap closing on race based initiatives okay?

I will always celebrate the failure of a system that disadvantages my kid based on the color of their skin or the job their parents have.

My kids can’t choose their skin color or their parents jobs. The other side of the URM coin is not a bunch of millionaires. It’s usually lower middle to middle class.

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

Funny though. These DEI efforts are always racist. It’s great watching racism fail.

FIFY

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Anonymous wrote:Im so happy at how much my kids have benefitted from their advantages. There seems to be some new education initiative to prop up URMs every other day. It almost always does the opposite and sometimes even degrades general education outcomes for all who arent paying attention. The harder these people try to prop URMs up, the larger the gap grows, and I celebrate this.

Yeah, we’re all aware you don’t like minorities.

Nope. thats not it, but definitely an expected response. I would never support a system that would actively work against my own kids interests, sometimes even with my own tax dollars.

You literally said “the larger the gap grows (between URMs and non-URMs), I celebrate it.” You’re not some victim, just a disgusting, racist loser.

Funny though. These DEI efforts are many times racist. It’s great watching racism fail.

You could oppose race-based initiatives and still not celebrate URM falling behind. Well, I mean, normal and decent people could. Not you.

But is celebrating the gap closing on race based initiatives okay?

I will always celebrate the failure of a system that disadvantages my kid based on the color of their skin or the job their parents have.

My kids can’t choose their skin color or their parents jobs. The other side of the URM coin is not a bunch of millionaires. It’s usually lower middle to middle class.

DP. Parents’ job isn’t a “disadvantage”; it’s used to help assess how meaningful/impressive a kid’s accomplishments really are.

Which is objectively more impressive? An MIT professor’s kid doing research or a FGLI farm kid from Iowa doing research?

Likely the Iowa kid, right? Because they probably had to do more to acquire the opportunity, had less help/resources to actually conduct the research, etc.

Same project, but the second objectively demonstrates more initiative and intelligence than the first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are poorer students at disadvantage for research? Do you mean dumber students or are you just witch hunting?

poorer students don't have the connections to find these positions. Life isn't fair. A kid whose parents are both college educated has a huge advantage over others. Those whose parents both have advanced degrees has even more advantages. My kid has a friend who just graduated college and going onto a MS program then PHD and beyond. No surprise with both parents having PHDS and post docs from top universities....the kid grew up around that and was exposed to concepts of advanced education and the doors it opens and job opportunities. A kid whose parents only have a HS degree has no clue about the same things

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are poorer students at disadvantage for research? Do you mean dumber students or are you just witch hunting?

poorer students don't have the connections to find these positions. Life isn't fair. A kid whose parents are both college educated has a huge advantage over others. Those whose parents both have advanced degrees has even more advantages. My kid has a friend who just graduated college and going onto a MS program then PHD and beyond. No surprise with both parents having PHDS and post docs from top universities....the kid grew up around that and was exposed to concepts of advanced education and the doors it opens and job opportunities. A kid whose parents only have a HS degree has no clue about the same things

You need to provide proofs for this assumption that doing research requires connections. DCUM postings are not proofs.

[Anonymous]

Extracurricular activities are not "fair". Students with access to resources will always have more access to extracurricular activities. Music sports, dance, science art, drama, writing, travel, etc. All of these are going to be more available to students that have the money to finance access.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Extracurricular activities are not "fair". Students with access to resources will always have more access to extracurricular activities. Music sports, dance, science art, drama, writing, travel, etc. All of these are going to be more available to students that have the money to finance access.

I’d say sports is the most money-driven EC by far.