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Re: Learning to Stand Out Among the Standouts (Score: 1)
by DFH on Wednesday, March 23 @ 14:22:09 EST
(User Info | Send a Message) | We Chinese don't make the White man's rules but we have to live by them.
Don't blame us for properly using these rules, which are designed to keep us down, to our advantage. AND certainly do not blame us for gaming a system that is rigged to the house's advantage.
Her strategy uses superior intelligence and that is why she is in an elite college environment.
Why should we have to settle for less when the wealthy, well educated, and connected legacy does not!
BTW: Many White beauty pageant contestants live in trailer parks. Where are they getting all of this "money"? |
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Re: Learning to Stand Out Among the Standouts (Score: 1)
by SugarShark on Thursday, March 24 @ 15:51:15 EST
(User Info | Send a Message) | education is supposed to be what you make of it
but only in a fair and equal world.
no university can say it produces the best and the brightest every time; that alumnus thing can be a killer for that.
when the margins for being selected for your field of
study are so close I'd rather not be passed over because my recruiter has never heard of my college and have me go home and console myself that I'm better and I will get my due next time. I'd rather feel that way when I get that posting right off the bat and be setting my sights on what I'm REALLY due.
affirmative action sounds pretty bad |
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Re: Learning to Stand Out Among the Standouts (Score: 1)
by Grapestomper on Thursday, August 04 @ 16:44:06 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | I also find the actions of the Chinese student disturbing. I feel that the stuyvesant hs alumni's argument for joining the debate team rather than the math team is pretty unsettling as well.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be different. There's also nothing wrong with desiring to stand out above the rest. But everything has a limit, and determining your actions based solely upon a desire to be the cream of the crop is self-destructive.
Case in point: I am a rising senior in college, and many of my classmates matriculated out of some amazing prep schools (exeter, etc) and high schools (stuyvesant, bronx science, etc). I also know several people like that Chinese student featured in the article, who went to a non-competitive, all-white high school and garnered the benefits of being "different." For the most part, these people are not doing well in college. It's sad that many of these guys orchestrated themselves so well for college admissions but failed in the greater purpose of attending college: to study and learn.
I don't know the age distribution of modelminority members, but seriously, DO NOT get blindsided by the whole college admission game. DO NOT do what the people in the article seem to be advocating. I can't stress this enough: you need to go to an undergrad institution where you can do well and thrive. It makes NO SENSE, especially at the undergrad level, to choose a more prestigious college and do poorly there. Pursue something that you actually enjoy, and don't structure your life (much less residency) around getting into a particular college. Take it from someone who learned the hard way. |
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