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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:05:01 GMT
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Scott E. Sanburn wrote:
> Now, based on these statements of both CNN and the Denver Post, instead
> of testing everyone equally, based on test scores and their high school
> preformance, they are trying to skirt around recent rulings which say
> affirmative action is unlawful, and are trying to find tests that get
> around this issue. This is why the LEGO test is used. Going to college
> has NOTHING to do with "initiative, leadership and an ability to work
> in groups ". Working in the real world deals with these issues, and
> college is about as removed from reality as anything.
> Testing for this ability to build LEGO's with other students as
> admission to college is plain wrong, and is rather distressing. College
> admission should be a combination of school work, and drive, and not
> with building a LEGO robot. This is a pitiful attempt on getting around
> rulings of law, instead of addressing the problems of minorities and
> their test scores.
What's so wrong about colleges looking for people with "initiative,
leadership and an ability to work in groups?" You yourself said that
those are real world issues. Why shouldn't colleges be preparing people
for the real world?
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| Frank, (...) Yes, but I repeat myself many times: Since these people that are taking these test, mostly Hispanics and African Americans that would not normally get in due to the admission policies (I took this from the article, BTW), they use this (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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