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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by plank_time on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:29AM (#27482399)
Someone I know is an illegal immigrant from Central America. She cleans houses for a living. Her husband is also illegal immigrant and he paints houses. Her daughter is going to one of the top private schools in SF, on a full scholarship. She dreams of Yale, and I would bet that she gets it easily.

If you are dedicated to education, there is plenty of opportunity to succeed. It’s sad that some bloodlines don’t make it out of poverty easily, but that’s just how the world works. For those that make the effort, it’s very available.

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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by meheleventyone on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:52AM (#27482879)
That’s not actually “just how the world works” that’s “how people have chosen to organise society”. Other places work differently with different outcomes.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by janeroe on Saturday June 12, 2021 @07:02AM (#27483573)
Too bad, "I have no other [ways to organize society] for you" (Stalin [my edit]). In a paradise there is no shortage of anything and everyone has whatever they wish. Not the case for the real world we live in. Take it or leave it.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by meheleventyone on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:37PM (#27486064)
Well that’s a non-sequitur. The idea that the only other approach is an unattainable paradise is nonsense. There are so many different approaches in operation on this planet right now after all.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by devnonymous on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:22AM (#27483021)
> It’s sad that some bloodlines don’t make it out of poverty easily, but that’s just how the world works.

Right, right, my mistake, this is nothing like the Varana system.

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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by plank_time on Saturday June 12, 2021 @11:16AM (#27485049)
It’s only varnana if you think of yourself as a victim. Those that choose to not think of themselves as victims can succeed unfettered if they focus their efforts in the right direction.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by devnonymous on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:08PM (#27485820)
Ah ok, so if the daughter of the person you mentioned doesn't get into Yale on a scholarship where as the boy who has Yale alumni parents and didn't need scholarship did get in, then it is perhaps because the girl didn't think of herself as a Yale student. It's all clear to me now.
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