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re: Report: TOPS mostly benefits students from white, affluent families
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:49 am to ksayetiger
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:49 am to ksayetiger
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$70,000 annual income.
Affluent
having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich:
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:49 am to Dire Wolf
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I guess getting a 2.5 is racist
They shouldnt get rid of tops but they should make tougher requirements to keep it. At least a 3.0
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:52 am to ksayetiger
Considering that Louisiana is approximately 63% white population, this is a non-story
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:57 am to ksayetiger
It's just another way to frick the middle class. The government does not want a middle class.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:59 am to BigPerm30
Where there is no middle class, there is war.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:00 am to ksayetiger
Yeah, when I tell these peeps in CA that my kid gets free tuition at LSU, they are amazed. No reason for the State to be paying my kid's tuition.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:03 am to Mung
Well then don't fill out the FAFSA form this year and solve your problem.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:06 am to ksayetiger
So what do black folk want this reduced to? 1.5 and a 16?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:09 am to SuperSoakher
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tops but they should make tougher requirements to keep it. At least a 3.0
It should be based on SAT or ACT scores. A 2.0 GPA at a great Catholic school is probably better than a 3.5 GPA at a ghetto high school. It really is the only fair way.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:10 am to Fat and Happy
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So by making a certain score on the ACT and making above a certain GPA is racist?
Except the article did not state that or even make any commentary about that.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:12 am to LSUTANGERINE
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Except the article did not state that or even make any commentary about that.
The title insinuated it. Don't be stupid.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:13 am to ksayetiger
Thanks to quotas and Affirmative Act....er, I mean "diversity," in most cases, any black students who meet the TOPS requirements will be getting paid to go to some expensive private school.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:15 am to ksayetiger
quote:
Report: TOPS mostly benefits students from white, affluent families
Merit-based scholarships are racist.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:19 am to ksayetiger
A family making $70,000 is hardly affluent. Making anything less than $150,000 if you have multiple children still makes college tough to afford without loans
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:19 am to NIH
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So what do black folk want this reduced to? 1.5 and a 16?
Probably.
They want the chance to go to college and frick off for a while then quit thus pissing away thousands in taxpayer funds. I'm sure they'll go to fine institutions with low, or no, admission standards.
Community colleges are absolutely begging for TOPS standards to be lowered so they can make a quick buck.
This post was edited on 2/14/16 at 10:34 am
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:22 am to patnuh
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Since when is $70k combined income affluent?
This. After paying taxes to support the less "affluent" there ain't much left.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:24 am to ksayetiger
Seems like the idea behind TOPS was to keep the intelligent, educated kids in the LA work pool. We have plenty of the others already.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:26 am to LSUTANGERINE
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But your attempt to make another topic about race was sucessful. Congrats. Many points you have earned.
The article title made it about race. Jeez
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Report: TOPS mostly benefits students from white, affluent families
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:27 am to Upperaltiger06
Needs testing for TOPS....
It's coming...
This is the subtle point of the article.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:27 am to Oyster
No, it was to continue subjugating black and brown people by keeping white people rich through free higher ed. 
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