First off, nothing wrong with a liberal arts school. I'm no longer even at Harvard so the point is moot, but a liberal arts education is certainly not a bad thing
You know what, you are absolutely right. In retrospect, most Liberal Arts degree holders perform many important roles in our society: "Paper or plastic?"; "Welcome to Hooters!"; "Would you care to super-size that?"; "Would you like the receipt in the bag?"; "Wet spill, aisle 5? On my way!"; "Can I interest you in some dessert?"; "Would you like a lap dance?"; "More coffee and make it ****in' snappy? Yes, Senator, right away!"
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if you were not able to receive one yourself that is no reason to go whining about the uselessness of it
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Wait a minute, wait a minute, hold on....
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Okay, *whew*, better now.
I had better things to do with my time than pursue a Liberal Arts degree.
Not sure what kind of "return" for my money you are speaking of, but in terms of a monetary return I've done more than ok with my degree.
Good for you. As long as there is a need for Ivy League theorists, you have a paycheck. Hope you have something to fall back upon if the requirement goes away.
As for my identification of my friends by their race, was it not clear that the point of my argument was to point out that the friends (or floormates) of mine who were of color were not as academically qualified as those not of color. Is this saying they are less academically qualified because of their race? No, it is an "and" statement. They are not "segmented by their heritages." They are segmented by their intellectual prowess, which, in my experience, also separated them out into their own heritages by default. Later on I mentioned the same thing (which you seem to have missed). A number of the African-American students at Harvard were disrespectful. Is this saying that they are disrespectful because they are black? Absolutely not, it is one thing, and many of them happened to share a similar heritage.
Yes, "Intelligento", I understood completely what you were trying to do. You were trying to make sure everyone could see your liberal bona fides while at the same time exercise some common sense as it applies to the idiotic paternalism that is affirmative action. However, in your rush to make sure we all understood that you were most certainly not a racist while compartmentalizing the Black, Hispanic, White, and Asian kids, you completely forgot women, the handicapped, American Indians, and many others. If you are going to make a case that affirmative action does not work in reality, make sure you complete the loop so to speak.
You, it seems, missed what I was saying. While you are seeing the failure of these things, be honest with yourself and with us. Observing race/gender/disability/whatever preference as a failure does not make you a racist/sexist/bigot/homophobe/xenophobe/etc, it makes you a realist and honest; no qualifiers of no "guilt" are necessary. We should be graded by our performance without any type of "enhancer" to the final score and what you are seeing is the first of many examples where liberal ideology fails it's first contact with reality.
Speak plainly, "Intelligento", and honestly in everything you do. Strong people will respect you for your truthfulness while the weak will despise you for not being a true believer. Personally, I would rather be hated for being honest than loved for a lie.