Private University or Trade school?

[dsheinem]

I mean, I am no social scientist and I possess what I feel is a strong and healthy skepticism of any and all statistics, but there's just so much hard data, so much relevant impactful history, and just such a wealth of examples about the systematic construction of contemporary subject positions that it gets increasingly difficult to abide people's self-centered views of these related topics.

Sure, but perhaps we should pay particular note to his circumstances due to the perceived extremity of them. If the majority of the country suffers from problems in handling minorities, yet in this instance we found someone who reported the opposite and in fact sees ethnic minorities dominating the top education ranks in his area, then that makes me immediately wonder why this particular area is so different. Is it just his perception that is tainted(which is certainly a likelihood), or are social and welfare-based programs working in this example? Or is there some other issue, such as a shift in what constitutes the ethnic majority/minority that removes his supposed privilege but bestows it upon someone else, differences in wealth distribution, or some other factor that has caused such a change.

Yeah, that's fair. I should clarify that I can't abide people using anecdotes to generalize in such as way as to suggest national policy or to form a static world view. Shit is different everywhere, natch.

[Ack]

I mean, I am no social scientist and I possess what I feel is a strong and healthy skepticism of any and all statistics, but there's just so much hard data, so much relevant impactful history, and just such a wealth of examples about the systematic construction of contemporary subject positions that it gets increasingly difficult to abide people's self-centered views of these related topics.

Sure, but perhaps we should pay particular note to his circumstances due to the perceived extremity of them. If the majority of the country suffers from problems in handling minorities, yet in this instance we found someone who reported the opposite and in fact sees ethnic minorities dominating the top education ranks in his area, then that makes me immediately wonder why this particular area is so different. Is it just his perception that is tainted(which is certainly a likelihood), or are social and welfare-based programs working in this example? Or is there some other issue, such as a shift in what constitutes the ethnic majority/minority that removes his supposed privilege but bestows it upon someone else, differences in wealth distribution, or some other factor that has caused such a change.

Yeah, that's fair. I should clarify that I can't abide people using anecdotes to generalize in such as way as to suggest national policy or to form a static world view. Shit is different everywhere, natch.

Yeah, as a basis for policy it's ludicrous to go based on anecdotal evidence.

[pepharytheworm]

You know with the US wasting so much money on education that sucks (USA student rankings compared to students from other countries) I don't understand why you don't try to copy ideas from other countries (say scandinavian countries) that are both doing better than you in school, AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

It would totally be worth learning Finnish and moving to Finland just for an education.

[dsheinem]

You know with the US wasting so much money on education that sucks (USA student rankings compared to students from other countries) I don't understand why you don't try to copy ideas from other countries (say scandinavian countries) that are both doing better than you in school, AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

It would totally be worth learning Finnish and moving to Finland just for an education.

[JsGameRoom]

AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

Then nobody would have anything to cry about and people like Al Sharpton would have to get a job.. and we can't have that

[pepharytheworm]

AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

Then nobody would have anything to cry about and people like Al Sharpton would have to get a job.. and we can't have that

Are you serious? What are you even trying to imply by that response?

[JsGameRoom]

AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

Then nobody would have anything to cry about and people like Al Sharpton would have to get a job.. and we can't have that

Are you serious? What are you even trying to imply by that response?

...it...was...sarcasm

sorry I forgot to add a smiley

[ZeroAX]

AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

Then nobody would have anything to cry about and people like Al Sharpton would have to get a job.. and we can't have that

Must you spew your racial hatred with every single post you make?

[JsGameRoom]

AND giving equal opportunities to everyone?

Then nobody would have anything to cry about and people like Al Sharpton would have to get a job.. and we can't have that

Must you spew your racial hatred with every single post you make?

If I would have said Fred Phelps would you have had the same response?

[pepharytheworm]

Then nobody would have anything to cry about and people like Al Sharpton would have to get a job.. and we can't have that

Are you serious? What are you even trying to imply by that response?

...it...was...sarcasm

sorry I forgot to add a smiley

I figured it was sarcasm.... but what is your sarcasm suppose to imply?