Here in Vermont, a large debate is happening in the Burlington School District over proposed plans to redraw district lines in an effort to force integration in schools. (More Info) I am throughly opposed to any plan calling for mandatory racial integration and decisions of school acceptance based upon race. I’m glad to see someone agrees. It’s not that I oppose racial integration or am racist. It is that I feel we should stop making exceptions for certain people. Instead of requiring a certain number of minority students to be accepted, we should simply accept solely based upon a student’s merits. In the words of Chief Justice Roberts, the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. It is time people realized this and simply gave everyone an open playing field. A frequent argument is that some schools receive far more money than others. Instead of forcing students to go to a different school, solely based upon integration, we should open up the opportunity for students to chose their school. That means if a inner city students wants to attend an upscale school, allow them to, provided they can transport themselves. Likewise, colleges should drop diversity programs and simply take the best applications - there is no reason a minority students shouldn’t be able to quality likewise. The only exception should be scholarships, where it makes sense to award them based upon need. The only way to stop discrimination and segregation completely is to simply ignore socioeconomic status when making decisions. Let students chose the school they want.
I do not get any television channels. In fact, I do not know why I even have a television when we could easily just watch movies on the computer. It’s not that I think television as a medium is horrible, it’s just that most of the TV shows out there are total crap. I prefer YouTube for entertainment and Google News for information.
I listen to a wide variety of music: from heavy metal to classical. Don’t believe me? Just ask last.fm.
My parents have never been married. Therefore, I suppose you could call me illegitimate. However, I carry my father’s last name and see him regularly. Just don’t burn me at the stake…
I am an atheist. My mother is Jewish and my father is Christian, but I find it extremely hard to accept any faith. Nothing is true until proved so. Science rules!
I am currently running a computer built by me with a 2.2 ghz processor and 4 gb of ram. I dual boot between Ubuntu and XP. However, in the fall, I want to get myself a nice MacBook.
I have an A+ average in school and hope to never drop below an A. Yes, call me a nerd… it’s true.
Well, now I go on to the difficult business of finding 8 people to tag… here goes:
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