Saturday, July 1, 2023

Supreme Not So Supreme, Suggests Herr D; Go Deluxe, Says Shelob

 

"Headcut" by Herr D on Paint3D. Decision's superiority is frequently inversely proportional to speed of conception.-Shelob


You do not agree with action of Supreme Court?

No. You did not like Affirmative Action Program.

No. Then why do you disagree?

This wasn't any better a call, it was WORSE.  Please explain.

[groaning noise picked up over microphone] Ok. The AAP made it possible for people with lower scores to get into college if they happened to be of certain races. It was just as racist as people who deny people things based on race, and then it didn't really help people. Based upon?

I went to college. Most of the people IN college didn't belong there. Giving people a leg up with admissions scores was never the answer. Not allowing people to help their relatives get in might've helped. Not allowing athletic scholarships might've helped. Not paying so much for professorships might've helped. Not paying so much to administrations might've helped. Maybe improving the educations of kids BEFORE #^&!@#%^& COLLEGE might've helped. If every kid could have an equal chance of learning how to get those test scores, there never would've been a perceived need for AAP in the first place.

AAP is kind of like free bus passes to someone who lives five miles from the bus line and has to use a wheelchair with no sidewalk. It never really fit the need. So, why not end it?

I don't mind that they ended it; I mind that they abruptly ended it. Give people a chance to get used to the idea. Phase it out slowly! Eventually it was going to go away anyway. Don't yank the bus passes away from someone who's rolled halfway there with the family's grocery list! You are favoring slower change.

Yes! Understood. Please resume chess game. [exits]

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