Posted: 1/18/2010 2:08:35 PM EDT
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This a cut and paste job. BTW John Walker faults lottery scholarships I was at John Walker's annual Christmas party when Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford encouraged him to be provocative and talk candidly at his scheduled King day appearance today at the Clinton School. Mission accomplished, apparently. I wasn't there, but a listener who's heard portions of the talk on KARN (hey, Jack, how about getting an excerpt posted?) says he called the state's new lottery-funded college scholarship program racially discriminatory. Walker contends black students will be disproportionately set back by ACT and gradepoint minimums. Part of this, he contends, is because fewer black students take Advanced Placement courses, which pad gradepoints with more points than grades in regular courses. He also said rules requiring a diploma certifying completion of a college prep curriculum in high school will discriminate against those who only earned a certificate of completion. One listener tells me that Walker didn't threaten a lawsuit, but he certainly seemed to have given deep thought to the subject. The Clinton School may have a video up before the day is out. I'll link it if I get it. |
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maybe, just maybe, not everybody deserves to go to college no matter what the color of their skin.
I say all college schollarships that are paid for out of the public $ should have a minimum gpa and if you don't meet it, tough tits. AND you should have to have a minimum GPA upon graduation, or you have to PAY IT BACK to give the next aspiring student a chance to succeed. |
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maybe, just maybe, not everybody deserves to go to college no matter what the color of their skin. I say all college schollarships that are paid for out of the public $ should have a minimum gpa and if you don't meet it, tough tits. AND you should have to have a minimum GPA upon graduation, or you have to PAY IT BACK to give the next aspiring student a chance to succeed. +1 |
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Quoted: maybe, just maybe, not everybody deserves to go to college no matter what the color of their skin. I say all college schollarships that are paid for out of the public $ should have a minimum gpa and if you don't meet it, tough tits. AND you should have to have a minimum GPA upon graduation, or you have to PAY IT BACK to give the next aspiring student a chance to succeed. This. |
