{"id":134027,"date":"2017-08-02T22:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T22:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/yes-lets-make-sure-that-the-unqualified-arent-admitted-ahead-of-the-qualified.html"},"modified":"2017-08-02T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T22:38:09","slug":"yes-lets-make-sure-that-the-unqualified-arent-admitted-ahead-of-the-qualified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/yes-lets-make-sure-that-the-unqualified-arent-admitted-ahead-of-the-qualified.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, let's make sure that the "unqualified" aren't admitted ahead of the "qualified""},"content":{"rendered":"

Because admitting "less qualified" people is clearly wrong because it discriminates against students who are "more qualified," which is why Affirmative Action is (according to a new Trump Administration policy) evil and disciminatory and must be stopped, because only Testing Scores and GPAs and Academic Merit should be involved in colleges choosing whom to admit.<\/p>\n

Unless, of course, an applicant's dad drops a huge sack of money on school, and US Senators are arranging personal visits for the family with the Admissions Office. In which case, forget about who's "qualified," get that kid a dorm room!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nAs Trump takes aim at affirmative action, let’s remember how Jared Kushner got into Harvard<\/a><\/span>
\nA lot of money, and two US senators, were involved.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Because admitting "less qualified" people is clearly wrong because it discriminates against students who are "more qualified," which is why Affirmative Action is (according to a new Trump Administration policy) evil and disciminatory and must be stopped, because only Testing Scores and GPAs and Academic Merit should be involved in colleges choosing whom to admit. … Continue reading “Yes, let's make sure that the "unqualified" aren't admitted ahead of the "qualified"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12951,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/02\/palin_probe_payback.html","url_meta":{"origin":134027,"position":0},"title":"Palin Probe Payback","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 2-Sep-08 6:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So because Campbell Brown kept politely pestering McCain campaign dude Tucker Bounds\u00a0to actually answer her questions about why Sarah Palin is in the least bit qualified\u00a0to be\u00a0\"commander-in-chief,\" or what sort...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2008"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4966,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/24\/my_dinner_with-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":134027,"position":1},"title":"My Dinner with …","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 24-Nov-03 10:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well rather than drag out the suspense any longer, here are the folks who qualified for ... well, I guess we'll make it Thanksgiving Dinner. 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