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Originally Posted by peter12
Universities are also not just clearing houses for whomever wants to go. Program quality drops with student quality. Why not just push for culture neutral admittance based on merit? Then everyone knows they deserve to be there. As I alluded to earlier, Education faculties, which apparently exist to train future teachers, have now become re-education centres for ideologically motivated teachers and students. I worry what the impact on the education system generally will be in 10 or 20 years.
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I'm not even sure what culture neutral admittance would like, but as Cliff mentioned it goes beyond that. As I said, if you have a kid who's hiding his LGBTQ status from his parents and peers, it's probable that they would also be struggling by formalized standards. Same goes for students with disabilities. Anecdotally I'm probably a prime example of this. I was a terrible K-12 student mostly due to the fact that I had ADHD and depression that went undiagnosed/untreated until I hit my 20s and had quite a bit of trouble at home. Flash forward to me getting properly assessed, treated, and provided with the proper resources and accommodations for someone with my disabilities and my GPA is about 3 points higher now than it was during high school.
Obviously quotas themselves aren't going to fix these issues, but unless we want to start pumping more dough into the public school system to provide the necessary resources for these kids, at least we can maybe have more teachers who are able to recognize and relate to the struggles some of these kids face.