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re: TOPS is Racist - "TOPS free college tuition aid goes mostly to white students"
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:25 pm to lsupride87
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:25 pm to lsupride87
That's the confusing part. And you're right about that in NO and BR. Most families are middle class families that sacrifice a lot to give their children a better education.
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:25 pm to ell_13
quote:It is a guess 100%. But that is my guess. What is yours since you are so much smarter than me?
And that's just a huge guess on your part and without a doubt wrong.
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:26 pm to CrazyCrawfish
quote:
Yeah, I couldnt afford Catholic high tuition..
CHS never denies a student admission due to ability to pay.
There is always a way to work it out.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:26 pm to Boats n Hose
I guess you have BRHS and Mckinley's magnet program if your kid is lucky enough or smart enough to get in 9th grade..outside that you're screwed.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:27 pm to Antonio Moss
quote:Yep. Had multiple friends dig holes all summer around the track
There is always a way to work it out.
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:30 pm to lsupride87
quote:
But that is my guess. What is yours since you are so much smarter than me?
Dude that is 35k a parent. That is under 15$/hr after taxes. No way 90% of people making that are putting their kids through private school
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:30 pm to StrongSafety
quote:All they have to do is move 7 miles south or 7 miles east and they can have a great public school education and still live very close to the "city".
And you're right about that in NO and BR. Most families are middle class families that sacrifice a lot to give their children a better education
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:31 pm to Golfer
I'd like to see the percentages of college undergraduates by race before I jump to any conclusions
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:32 pm to Golfer
You know what's really racist? Affirmative Action.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:33 pm to ForeverLSU02
quote:
I'd like to see the percentages of college undergraduates by race before I jump to any conclusions
GTFO, we don't need that kind of logic in this race war.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:33 pm to Commandeaux
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:34 pm to Golfer
A classic chicken or the egg conundrum.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:34 pm to More beer please
quote:Well you also picked the lowest end of our range. We didnt say 90% of people making 70k go to private school. We said 90% making 70-100k do
Dude that is 35k a parent. That is under 15$/hr after taxes. No way 90% of people making that are putting their kids through private school
Had tons of kids at Catholic who had single moms as teachers
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:35 pm to lsupride87
I'm not saying I'm smarter. I'm saying you shouldn't try to be.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:35 pm to ell_13
quote:When did I do this?
I'm not saying I'm smarter. I'm saying you shouldn't try to be.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:38 pm to lsupride87
quote:
Had tons of kids at Catholic who had single moms as teachers
And where I went to private school the teachers kids got to go there for free. Kinda tips the scale doesnt it?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:39 pm to More beer please
quote:ok, so this helps my argument right?
And where I went to private school the teachers kids got to go there for free. Kinda tips the scale doesnt it?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:39 pm to lsupride87
Umm yeah im gonna go with a no on that one
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:39 pm to Golfer
sorry more white people earn scholarships on average than black people.
but statistics are racist because they show the unpopular truth.
but statistics are racist because they show the unpopular truth.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 2:40 pm to More beer please
quote:
And where I went to private school the teachers kids got to go there for free. Kinda tips the scale doesnt it?
I can speak with authority on this topic and that I've only known the direct opposite of this.
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