It sure is. All those white women who got all those benefits disproportionate to anyone else.

So wait, private businesses just make donations to universities so they can offer scholarships? Is it tax exempt or what, I've never heard of such a system.

I'd heard about and read stories about this "school," I don't know if the guy running it honestly believed he was doing these kids a service or not, but the effects of this institution are just heartbreaking.

From the opening:

>It was begun in good faith by decent people out of fateful misunderstanding; American overconfidence, cold war miscalculation...

This simple assertion is so far removed from reality as to operate in another universe. The origins of the Vietnam war date to the late 1930s and 1940s when America was crafting massive studies of the probable post-WWII world; and the foreign policy that would guide US foreign policy to the present. A key component to the stability of the world economic system is the absorption and integration of Japan; whose economy is heavily based on having South East Asia as a market for exports, raw materials, etc. If Vietnam successfully nationalized their economy, US planners understood, as early as 1942, that Japans economy would likely collapse (in the model that was being constructed at the time). This is the real origin of the 'domino' theory. Furthermore, the idea that the US lost the Vietnam war or somehow didn't achieve its objectives is nothing short of a complete fabrication of historical fact. The US had always regarded a stalemate (preventing the Vietnamese people from gaining power outside of Western frameworks) as not only highly desirable but likely. So the invasion of Vietnam was carried out, an act which the Nuremburg Trials regarded as the most egregious and flagrant violations of international law, human rights, and human decency: the preparing and launching of a war of aggression. The greatest possible war crime a state can commit.

This is the kind of shit you'd find if you watched a documentary in China about their history with Japan or in Nazi Germany concerning Poland or whatever. That people don't fall over from laughter at the complete absurdity of such propositions and that what follows in that film is regarded as 'history' reveals all one need know about the complete elimination of historical memory.

I'll try and answer through a couple questions. What impression do the documentaries create in relation to the reason the Civil War or the Vietnam war occurred? What is the essence of US policy with regards to South East Asia? Why did the Civil War occur?

I agree - that was a complete fucking scam. Just like a lot of charter schools. Not everything is ridiculous - but no doubt the US has so much bloat and contract bullshit.

That said - its would be cheaper and better to have universal healthcare and the government providing a lot of basic services rather than contracting them out.

Yeah, these qualified students who just completed no less then 7 years of post secondary education and hold a professional doctorate are being held back by bar prep availability.

Even if it’s just how prepared the students are, the average first year black law student has a GPA in the bottom 10% of their class. We can pretend that these students just have a tough life (even though, if I recall correctly, a large majority of black law students are from families with incomes in the top half of household incomes in the US and are 3x over represented than the general population for having parents with terminal degrees), or maybe the schools are admitting unqualified students to boost diversity numbers.

There’s a whole “mismatch theory” regarding the negative effects of putting unqualified students into academic environments and the negative effects of doing so. Really fascinating stuff.

Well if we get taxed, that money might as well not mysteriously disappear in incestuous city councils filled with family members and friends giving each other huge salaries doing nothing all day, and awarding overpriced contracts to other family & friends businesses. Whatever happened to the 3 Trillion Covid bill…

They actually do donate and still do. The fact is, there's shit loads of legacies for them to choose from and many of them have perfect records, legacies who don't try hard aren't gonna make the cut, even legacies that do work hard don't make it.

Sounds like exactly what I’d expect from Umar if he ever got the funds to open that school he’s been “building” for the past 10 years

I know, right?

>sometimes that kind of story is actually just "professor is so bad at teaching that the majority of the class fails the exam because the professor didn't properly prepare them".

When is this story every that?

Been teaching nearly two decades. My incoming university students couldn't handle the 9th grade curriculum from when I was in high school.

I've never had a colleague who was so poor a teacher the majority wound up failing due to their poor instruction. And I've disliked a fair number of my colleagues, but not enough to levy that criticism. There's a good number of "research" professors out there who may be ill-at-ease in a classroom, but I thought my first university students were poorly prepared NCLBers. I'd kill for those students now.

Understood. I just wanted to provide my own personal ancedote as the perception seems to be that students from underserved communities who attend elite schools do terribly and flunk out because 1. They never should have been accepted in the 1st place and 2. They lack the talent and skills to excel in these colleges. My son’s and many of his friends’ experiences have been just the opposite.

Sorry if it came off that way. I’m not knocking on you or your son.

Not everybody that goes to elite schools come from elite backgrounds.

And if he has the opportunity to go to a top school and meet with elite people, I’m glad yo hear of his success.

But it’s definitely a culture shock. My friend went to Occidental and was from the lowest income background.

When people learned about this, they always offered to pay for her stuff. While I don’t think they had any malicious intentions, it did turn a bit insulting when they thought she couldn’t even afford a bottle of water, according to her.

While they could focus on school, she worked Americorp.

Whatever you want to tell yourself. Bunch of racist dicks.

Hmmm… My son is a senior at an elite university and both he and I would argue that part of the reason he’s doing so well there is because he graduated from high school in an underserved community. He had to learn skills such as perseverance, taking initiative and critical thinking early on because if he wanted to do well in his studies he had no choice but to do those things. He definitely had a few teachers who genuinely cared and went above and beyond to help ensure his success but the majority of his teachers didn’t give a crap about the students and were just there for the check. Therefore, if he wanted to excel, he had to learn equip himself with the tools to do it on his own. Because of that, he walked into college much better equipped than a lot of his peers who had everything handed to them their whole lives.

Now, the culture shock and hostility that he encountered from bigots who felt he didn’t “deserve” to be there is a different story…but, just like he’s done with every other challenge in his life, he persevered and is on track to be graduate Cum Laude this spring.

I feel that. I used to work in schools and now I’m working more in politics/educational public policy.

Some of these kids are talented. Really bright. But also give up at the first instance of a challenge.

And college is more than just academics. You do have to persevere. You do have to be accountable to yourself.

I’ve told students that in college, THEY have to schedule meetings with professors. THEY have to seek academic counseling. Not the other way around.

All of that is already a challenge in itself. I had many breakdowns in college. It’s not easy.

Exactly this. I went to a CSU. My network is significantly smaller than a UC Berkeley or USC.

And it sucks when half of the game is pure networking. Go to an elite school and you’ll literally run into people who worked with presidents or CEOs of major companies that can get you a big lead in.

At my CSU, I ran into more local politicians or business leaders. It’s a start but a far cry from elite unis.

oMg wHaT YoU tOo?!?

As someone whose child attends an "Elite University", I concur that these schools are in no way better. But what these schools do offer that so-called "non-elite schools" do not are unmatched networking and career opportunities.

My son (who would fit the title of a student from an underserved community due to our race and the high school he graduated from) will be graduating college in May and has already accepted a six-figure job offer with a Fortune 50 company. This company didn't care what his major was; hell - I don't think they even care what his cumulative GPA is going to be when he graduates - they just wanted a graduate from a top-14 school in their corporate office. Every single one of his classmates that isn't pursuing a post-grad degree got the same type of offer from a comparable corporation. That's why people are breaking their necks to get into these kinds of schools.

Edit: Corrected a typo

Hell yeah! More power to you. Keep killing it.

Yep. Precisely why I went to CC and a State school. No debt and I highly stood out performance wise with a 3.7gpa

Or it may suggest that white students have greater access to things like bar prep courses, are less financially stressed out and overburdened by work and family expectations and have more time dedicated to prep. That number only proves your hypothesis if you’re unwilling to take any other factors into account.

Edit: it’s also historically accurate to say that the SAT is a test that was literally designed by a eugenicist to prove that white people are smarter than Black people. College admissions look at a wide array of factors and having a high SAT score isn’t the end all be all. Nonblack kids also have the financial advantage of prep courses on that number as well.

Yes, unless you want to teach. It doesn't open as many doors as Stem or Business majors.A Sociology degree is probably as beneficial as Philosophy or English. Though I'm sure some "woke" companies would hire a sociologist for their diversity and inclusion department/HR.

Sociology is very interesting, and can shed light on important issues, though its much more Marxist these days, at least in California.

Definitely read some sociology books, but don't major in it.

Should’ve donated more