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No my child isn't entitled, nor did I say that. That IS MY POINT. T he child who gets in who doesn't make the cut grade-wise, standardized test wise isn't either. But that child gets in. Why? You know damn well what the answer is. "Fairness". It's not FAIR that you have money and they don't. It's not FAIR, so we are going to ensure there are tight quotas coming out of that school with wealthy kids. We are going to punish the KIDS simply because their PARENTS have done well.

You clearly aren't reading the thread. What you are doing is saying "Oh, Langley parents are wealthy and I hate them for that. Therefore they think they are entitled to everything."[/quote]

You have colossally missed the point; but thanks for making *my* point so neatly.

You think that if things were "fair," your well-qualified child would get in. But that isn't true. There are tens of thousands of kids who look JUST LIKE YOUR KID. They can't all get into Harvard. There is no "fair" way to allow access to every one. Your child is working so hard not to get into Harvard but to be eligible to buy a lottery ticket to Harvard. It's not "fair," because there aren't enough spaces for all the eligible kids.
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Even if there were enough space, you don't get to make the rules. Someone else had decided that there are benefits *to the school* to having kids from different backgrounds. It's THEIR school. They get to make the rules. THAT'S fair to them. It would not be fair to Harvard to make them play by YOUR rules. And that's the point: there is no objectively fair way to admit students to college. You can say it's not fair to allow the kids of wealhty alums in to Harvard, too. But if I'm an alum donating lots to Harvard, well admission for my kids seems pretty fair to me.

The other thing I will point out is that you are arguing that your child is disadval.p.ntaged in the game of life because she has well-off parents. Are you kidding? If you really think there is an advantage to raising your children in poorer circumstances and sending them to schools with fewer resources, then why haven't you done so?

This is exactly what I am talking about. You are so entitled in your thinking, you think someone is doing you a bad turn. You and your children are victims of discrimination. "It's not fair!!!"

It's like the opposite of the old saying. You weren't born on 3rd base and think you hit a triple. Your child was born on third base and you think she is stuck on first.

Missing out on Harvard is not a "punishment." But if you think so, no wonder your kids are so anxious.[/quote]

Do you believe black and Hispanic children should have a lower threshold (grades and lower test scores) to college entry than a white person or Asian person? Yes or no[/quote]

So now the Langley suicides were because black and Hispanic kids have a lower threshold than whites and Asians.  Wow, didn't see that one coming.  You do realize there are many more kids who get into Harvard with a lower threshold because of money/legacy than because they are black or Hispanic, right?   Keep telling yourself that all the stress the kids in this area face is because of lower thresholds for blacks and Hispanics,that will help find a solution[/quote]

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