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Simply say that "your tragic backgrounds are not relevant, this is a meritocracy, so come prepared or don't come at all" and stop trying to magically undo socioeconomic disparity and instead focus entirely on the core mission of a university, which is to educate.
We need to develop a bit of hardness in the American spirit again. When someone craps out a sob story about how they ain't never got no breaks nohow, tell them "cool story bro, but the paper is still due Monday."
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[–] FridayJones 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Simply say that "your tragic backgrounds are not relevant, this is a meritocracy, so come prepared or don't come at all" and stop trying to magically undo socioeconomic disparity and instead focus entirely on the core mission of a university, which is to educate.
We need to develop a bit of hardness in the American spirit again. When someone craps out a sob story about how they ain't never got no breaks nohow, tell them "cool story bro, but the paper is still due Monday."