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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by GhostVII on Thursday May 16, 2019 @07:37PM (#19934565)
You can also give resources to those who aren't in privilege so they are able to succeed academically, and don't need to have their admission average artificially lowered.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by fzeroracer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:09PM (#19934791)
Giving resources is also a zero-sum game. When you're giving more resources to those that aren't privileged, you are in effect denying those same resources for those that are.

For example, school admissions. We can provide more funding for underperforming schools, but that is also less funding going towards better performing schools. At a certain point you will have to accept that to help the poor it will mean cutting off certain benefits for more well-off. Then the discussion becomes around how much resources should be shifted around.

Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by remote_phone on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:17PM (#19935611)
No. If I can afford to provide my own resources, I’m okay with this. Just like I’m okay paying for social security but not receiving any when I retire. Those that have more resources can afford to take less than those that don’t have enough resources themselves.

What I’m not okay with is adjusting scores and denying opportunity because of economic class warfare.

Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by jachee on Friday May 17, 2019 @01:40AM (#19936624)
You seem to be in the minority in that regard.

Those that have more resources have historically spent significant amounts of those resources to ensure that they pay in as little of them to anyone else as possible.