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Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Feb 9 2004, 09:21 AM
Care to point out any of those Mr. C average had to be able to get into Yale?
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George W. was a legacy student. I think somewhere around 10% of admissions. Do you think it makes sense to judge the majority by the vast minority? Would you judge me to be from a privileged background because of where I went to school?
Of course, it helps to be "privileged". It helps to be able to afford good tutors, it helps to have parents that went to a good school, it helps to have parents that are motivated, it helps to have parents that know how to succeed, it helps to be able to afford good stationery for resumes, it helps to have parents who care to speak the king's english, it helps to have parents who take an interest in us. Know what? It helps to have good parents, period.
And part of the reason some of us aim to achieve such things is to pass these advantages down to our children. I hope you do too.