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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:

The problem is with your term equal. If the white kid in the high performing school scores higher than the white kid in the low performing school, yet the lower scoring white kid gets in then that is not equal. I realize that there is venom among people in the east that W school kids come into their schools for the magnets. I realize that there is intense jealousy that they did not choose to live in a W cluster but that is no reason to create an unequal admission system favoring less academically inclined students in the east because their parents are jealous and crazy.

One of the reasons that the W schools are so strong is that they attract parents who prioritize education and academics. The area is its own "magnet" for smart people. By lowering the standards for white kids in the east to get into the magnets, you are only strengthening the W schools that you hate so much and lowering the quality of the magnet near you.[/quote]

[quote]This is true, if by "prioritize education and academics", you mean "have money".[/quote]

Nope not at all. I mean prioritizing education and academics. There are plenty of people in low performing school clusters who could afford a condo or TH in a W cluster but they chose to have a bigger house. They prioritized materialism over education, Fine choice but own it.

It doesn't take money to prioritize reading over video games in fact its cheaper to go to the library.

Honestly, tutors and prep centers aren't actually widely used in the W schools. However, if you believe that is the only way a child will succeed then there are plenty of parents in lower performing schools that could choose to do one of these rather than go on vacation. [/quote]

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