SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships

Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by darawk on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:10PM (#19935579)

Is not eating out or taking vacations too much sacrifice?

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by pertymcpert on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:39AM (#19936341)

Yes. Really.

Your family is not model to be aspirational of. Yours is a warning to others.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by darawk on Friday May 17, 2019 @01:09PM (#19941527)

To be clear, my family did not make those tradeoffs. I'm not the original commenter. But why do you think such a thing is a warning?

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by pertymcpert on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:18PM (#19944494)

Ok my mistake.

> But why do you think such a thing is a warning?

Because it's a bad way to spend your life.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by harryh on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:24PM (#19935665)

It is when combined with "commuted 4 hours daily."

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by learc83 on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:08AM (#19936185)

I agree. I wouldn't have traded 20 hours a week of time spent with my dad for a better neighborhood.

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