tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3389491846806081880..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Today's University Race Problems Were Not Only Predictable But PredictedDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-35134129626041042312016-05-16T05:16:23.166-07:002016-05-16T05:16:23.166-07:00Great crystal ball. Following the links back, one ...Great crystal ball. Following the links back, one of the commenters said he'd been on an elite campus in the 60s and, at his school, the (few) blacks were assumed to be academically equal and likely better than whites, because of prejudice in admissions. Now, it's a hard row to hoe for highly-qualified blacks and Hispanics at elite schools, because they're assumed to be far less qualified than they are and they are also likely to be shunned by their AA race/ethic types - who would likely be better served at schools matching their academic records. I read a column by a black writer who insisted on this for his own kids.<br /><br /> I know a kid who almost left an Ivy at the end of his first (straight A) semester, because he had no friends - and he had mid-700s in both math/verbal as an 8th-grader, as part of his application for highly-ranked magnets, super grades and IBs and perfect SATs. Fortunately, his social situation turned around the next semester. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-59265252074577136702016-05-15T19:35:50.114-07:002016-05-15T19:35:50.114-07:00That is astounding prescience. He knew, logically,...That is astounding prescience. He knew, logically, exactly what would happen, yet he was ignored because of RightThink(tm), or rather, people wanting others to say they are doing the right things.<br />Pseudotsugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113260814272433972noreply@blogger.com