Comments on: The Return Of Wallace Politics http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/20/the-return-of-wallace-politics/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Terry Ott http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/20/the-return-of-wallace-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-44654 Terry Ott Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:40:02 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/20/the-return-of-wallace-politics/#comment-44654 If I were king of the world, I would have some preferential treatment --- not by race or ethnicity, but for children of parents who themselves did not have more than 2 years of "institutional" post-high school education. Looser entry standards, and financial aid. That's not touting diversity, that's just offering a helping hand to those young people who may not have educational role models or parents who had the means to see to it they got the best possible schooling up through the grades. Their children, in turn, would not qualify if they got that leg up themselves. That is, I'd give a boost to people who are "outsiders" to break the cycle of poor or insufficient education and the probable low income lifestyle that begets, if they have the drive to do so. Let's call it "targeted opportunity for educationally underprivileged" or something. Doesn't matter what your parents look or sound like. If I were king of the world, I would have some preferential treatment — not by race or ethnicity, but for children of parents who themselves did not have more than 2 years of “institutional” post-high school education. Looser entry standards, and financial aid. That’s not touting diversity, that’s just offering a helping hand to those young people who may not have educational role models or parents who had the means to see to it they got the best possible schooling up through the grades. Their children, in turn, would not qualify if they got that leg up themselves.

That is, I’d give a boost to people who are “outsiders” to break the cycle of poor or insufficient education and the probable low income lifestyle that begets, if they have the drive to do so.

Let’s call it “targeted opportunity for educationally underprivileged” or something. Doesn’t matter what your parents look or sound like.

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