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ProfessorGAC

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30. That's Far Too Binary

Fri May 13, 2016, 06:52 AM

May 2016

I don't think the concepts are mutually exclusive.

One can believe she is a bright, ambitious, and studious young woman and still believe that even if she weren't she could have gotten into an Ivy League school. That's how those schools operate.

I don't understand how being convinced of the latter makes thinking the former impossible. Thinking the latter doesn't mean that she's not qualified. It's just two facts connected to the same young woman, and both can be true.

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Can you explain this? Raine1967 May 2016 #9

Come on. FLPanhandle May 2016 #11

The Obamas were not rich when they got into those schools. Raine1967 May 2016 #15

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Please define the concept of "regression to the mean". AngryAmish May 2016 #43

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Right here in this thread, to be more precise. Raine1967 May 2016 #7

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+1 Raine1967 May 2016 #10

Yeah, you can hold both ideas in your head. Jerry442 May 2016 #12

Not to mention 'legacy' students. (Or double 'legacy' in this case.) X_Digger May 2016 #40

The Obama girls both seem highly intelligent to me. raging moderate May 2016 #44

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Many white people have no insight into themselves. raging moderate May 2016 #14

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Well there you go. zeemike May 2016 #22

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The people who thought those kids could not pay were NOT Sanders supporters! raging moderate May 2016 #39

I was only going to help them if worst came to worst, no matter what! raging moderate May 2016 #42

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Reasonable people might think that the children of non-legacy Ilsa May 2016 #19

What about: Maybe she's just fucking smart and qualified. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #25

Yeah, that's what I'm saying -- she's Ilsa May 2016 #29

Malia Obama is not a legacy admission. Neither of her parents went to Harvard College. StevieM May 2016 #20

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Because Racist America cannot bring itself to admit that black people are intelligent human beings. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #24

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Posted to for later. 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #28

We? Iggo May 2016 #31

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In this one case, a lot of people suddenly don't believe privilege exists Democat May 2016 #33

kick for truth... Blue_Tires May 2016 #34

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