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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by throwaway894345 on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:59PM (#33834112)
> Most standardized tests are just rote learning and memorization.

Most of the non-standardized test stuff is subjective and lends itself pretty directly to classist and racial prejudice. No one is arguing that standardized tests are the perfect way to test for aptitude, but the pro-standardized-test folks argue that the alternatives are significantly worse.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by HDThoreaun on Friday December 02, 2022 @02:08PM (#33835246)
Harvard admissions are classist on purpose. They want to admit mostly upper class people because they want every single one of their graduates to become upper class, and the easiest way to do that is to start upper class.
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