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Oltz said:Ahh I see what he was trying to say, but I also assume he was aware that she was referring to current conditions.
Those situations were ACTUAL discrimination and action needed to be take the system really was imbalanced.
At what age should the "playing field" be level? Right now it is level at the moment of birth and in the eyes of the law and the courtroom for your entire life.
Should everyone be forced to do the exact same thing until they are 20? 18? 30? 6? nobody can read any extra books or work extra hard or choose not to work on learning math or practice drawing or run cause that might make it unfair.
When people say we need to evel the playing field I honestly do not know what on Earth they want. Anyone like to take a swing at this one?
label this IMO - although based on observations of people from third world countries in US cities.
I think we need an exchange program with a few third world countries. At the age of 18, we should offer all under-achieving high school graduates an opportunity to relocate to a third world country where they'll have an advantage over the local population, give them a little start-up capital $10,000(?), and surrender their US citizenship. They should be captains of industry in no time?
Accordingly, one citizen of that third world country (someone that has proven a desire to excel in the classroom) would be given a conditional US citizenship (must graduate and no welfare) and an opportunity to attend a state university in the US (student loan), live in a dorm and work a minimum wage job to pay expenses.
My guess is the exchange person wouldn't expect or need any additional motivation or barrier removal.