Comments on: A Political Excercise http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-political-excercise grep understanding Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ben West http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-political-excercise/comment-page-1#comment-4021 Ben West Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:02:10 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/786#comment-4021 <p>Too bad the for profit education system allowed Audry to get into this institution even with her lack of work ethic or dedication. Its seems to me that this reflects a market failure. Why is it that Audrie has been able to use up the combination of private and public resources required to send a student to school only to squander the experience that would be of such value to many that can't afford it.</p> <p>A truer to life metaphor would be Audrie going into the deans office (or paying someone else to go in there on her behalf) and paying for a 4.0 while the daughter in question works three jobs and stays up all night studying to try to maintain her grades.</p> <p>The truth of the matter is that the wealthiest amongst us have the most leisure time and often never had to ever do an honest days work to get to that point. The other honest truth is that without a baseline of access to equity there is very little possibility of equity other than for the very lucky or the very very talented.</p> <p>Are we supposed to feel sorry for those born with a silver spoon in their mouths. We dont need homogeniety just an equal playing feild where everyone has a chance to make the team if they work hard enough.</p> Too bad the for profit education system allowed Audry to get into this institution even with her lack of work ethic or dedication. Its seems to me that this reflects a market failure. Why is it that Audrie has been able to use up the combination of private and public resources required to send a student to school only to squander the experience that would be of such value to many that can’t afford it.

A truer to life metaphor would be Audrie going into the deans office (or paying someone else to go in there on her behalf) and paying for a 4.0 while the daughter in question works three jobs and stays up all night studying to try to maintain her grades.

The truth of the matter is that the wealthiest amongst us have the most leisure time and often never had to ever do an honest days work to get to that point. The other honest truth is that without a baseline of access to equity there is very little possibility of equity other than for the very lucky or the very very talented.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for those born with a silver spoon in their mouths. We dont need homogeniety just an equal playing feild where everyone has a chance to make the team if they work hard enough.

]]> By: Ben West http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-political-excercise/comment-page-1#comment-246106 Ben West Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:02:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/786#comment-246106 <p>Too bad the for profit education system allowed Audry to get into this institution even with her lack of work ethic or dedication. Its seems to me that this reflects a market failure. Why is it that Audrie has been able to use up the combination of private and public resources required to send a student to school only to squander the experience that would be of such value to many that can't afford it.</p> <p>A truer to life metaphor would be Audrie going into the deans office (or paying someone else to go in there on her behalf) and paying for a 4.0 while the daughter in question works three jobs and stays up all night studying to try to maintain her grades.</p> <p>The truth of the matter is that the wealthiest amongst us have the most leisure time and often never had to ever do an honest days work to get to that point. The other honest truth is that without a baseline of access to equity there is very little possibility of equity other than for the very lucky or the very very talented.</p> <p>Are we supposed to feel sorry for those born with a silver spoon in their mouths. We dont need homogeniety just an equal playing feild where everyone has a chance to make the team if they work hard enough.</p> Too bad the for profit education system allowed Audry to get into this institution even with her lack of work ethic or dedication. Its seems to me that this reflects a market failure. Why is it that Audrie has been able to use up the combination of private and public resources required to send a student to school only to squander the experience that would be of such value to many that can’t afford it.

A truer to life metaphor would be Audrie going into the deans office (or paying someone else to go in there on her behalf) and paying for a 4.0 while the daughter in question works three jobs and stays up all night studying to try to maintain her grades.

The truth of the matter is that the wealthiest amongst us have the most leisure time and often never had to ever do an honest days work to get to that point. The other honest truth is that without a baseline of access to equity there is very little possibility of equity other than for the very lucky or the very very talented.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for those born with a silver spoon in their mouths. We dont need homogeniety just an equal playing feild where everyone has a chance to make the team if they work hard enough.

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