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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe this is a move that is well-intentioned but will end badly.

The intent is to identify those students who may not perform as well as others on standardized type testing or who don't have the highest grades but have great potential for success.

The outcome will be excluding students who have "adversity" that is not accounted for by those giving the score.  It will also encourage others to cheat to claim adversity (lying about living address, for example).  [b]And, it will end in schools being encouraged to accept students who do not have the academic background nor the stamina to be successful at college.[/b]

And, the ultimate losers here are those students who work really hard and are from middle class, stable families.  [/quote]

Explain this.[/quote]

Easy - students who are low performing are given a "adversity score" and their low performance will be blamed on these adversity factors. While in reality, the student is not prepared for college, may not even [b]WANT[/b] a college education, and would be better off learning a trade.  [/quote]

[b]You have it backwards.  Most lower income kids WANT a college education,[/b] it's the overindulged upper income kids like Olivia Jade who don't WANT a college education because they know they will be fine without it because of mommy and daddy's money/contacts.

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And it's easier for them to get it because they qualify for grant.  There is no such thing as being too poor for college anymore.  The ones that really get screwed are the middle class who don't qualify for grants, yet parent's can't really afford to pay.  These are the ones who will end up paying student loans for years. [/quote]

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