Re: Harvard's president apologizes

From: Susan Cohen (flavia13_at_verizon.net)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:53:12 GMT

<jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message news:-qOdnVckfJewe2ncRVn-tw@rcn.net...
> In article <wMVId.19556$c%6.1656@trnddc03>,
> "Susan Cohen" <flavia13@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>><jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:ZvSdnbKCh7LSBW7cRVn-ow@rcn.net...
>>>
>>> Stop confusing rights with education.
>>
>>Surely everyone who is a student in good standing
>
> Stop right here. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
> It used to be that a student had to earn good standing by
> doing the work to learn what the school offered.

It was when I went to school.
I got a Master's Degree about 10 years ago, and it was still that way.
Have things deteriorated that fast?
>
>> ..of any eduational
>>institution has the same rights as all the others?
>
> When you say "rights" are you talking about access to a learning
> institution or are you talking about equal grades.

Oh, now that's a dangerous subject.
It almost asounds like you;re thinking of equal grades as an automatic.
There's the concept of "equal grades for equal qork" (sound familar?), but
that's unfortunately *somewhat* subjective.

  Most of the
> commentary about rights and education has to do with equal grades
> with merit ratings removed.

That's ridiculous.
Good thing I usually stay out of these topics.

Susan
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