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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why society puts so much value in unearned privileges of one’s birth? Looks, height, money, build, hair, status etc are genetic or inheritances but earn more benefits than hard work, kindness and such.[/quote]

You left off intelligence[/quote]

I'm not sure if you're joking, but it's true. Of all traits bestowed at birth, this is one that absolutely has the most privileges and nobody ever acknowledges this. The battles on the college forums are proof of this. People believe that high test scores should be the one and only criterion for selective college admissions, completely dismissing the value of hard work, determination, character. It's confounding to me. And I was blessed with high intelligence at birth. I can acknowledge that I did not earn it.[/quote]

Not to derail but this needs to be corrected. For someone with a high IQ, you’re missing a few things. People with IQs under 120 just aren’t going to survive at ivies, U Chicago, MIT, Stanford, and other really top schools. I watched my magnet kid struggle to get As at one of these. Now if you’re taking about having a certain SAT cutoff and then selecting from the remaining pool based on effort, character and determination, that makes sense. [/quote]

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