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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:09:40 GMT
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Kevin,
Kevin Loch wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > I am a conservative, and I love the brick. Stereotypes of any trait
> > don't do justice, one that has been used in debate too much, IMO.
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> That's why I said "in general" Obviously there are exceptions, and you
> would expect to find them here on LUGNET.
> > Avoiding the law and court ruling is not innovating, IMO. It is ducting
> > the real issues. "Innovations" of this kind we can do without.
> I guess we would have to look at the motive. If the motive was in fact
> to skirt the law then it's wrong, and probably not going to help anyone.
That's what the article said, which I mentioned in the quote earlier.
> If however the motive was to select creative underachievers (which I was
> in *school*), then it's a brilliant effort. Of course if they don't fix
> the rest of the educational process, those creative folks will still
> underachieve in class and I'm not sure what the point is.
> BTW, my opinion is that the college entrance exams are a joke. Especially
> when the average student can boost their scores significantly just by taking
> a prep $$$ course. Then, most of the Freshman year is remedial classes
> to cover High School material. Heck, the most useful class I took in
> High School was *typing*.
Mine was probably CAD and drafting classes, along with history.
Again, I think this is just a way to get around the recent court rulings
about affirmative action, that is targeted to Hispanics and African
Americans. Which is both racist, and demeaning to minorities. They
should be encouraged to do well in school, and study for the tests, and
try to aim for the top, rather than going around the issues, and using
tests like this, with other people, to try to get them in. I hope the
court rules these out as well.
Scott S.
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes: [SNIP] (...) Once again, Limbaugh shows his vast ignorance. These kinds of tests are routinely used by management consulting firms to test employees to see how well they fit into an (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Sorry, just a nitpick: (...) I just want to point out that the single largest group that has benefited from Affirmative Action and equal-hiring legislation is actually white females, both numerically and qualitatively. What's to fear from adding a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That's why I said "in general" Obviously there are exceptions, and you would expect to find them here on LUGNET. (...) I guess we would have to look at the motive. If the motive was in fact to skirt the law then it's wrong, and probably not (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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