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Originally posted by thefreepatriot
reply to post by Shredderbeam
Not talking about being made equal by law... I am talking about being made equal regarding opportunities... this means if you want to be a doctor but because you have a poor family that doe not mean you cannot become a doctor... yes some poor people get to be doctors....but the numbers are very few..even with scholarships which is basically a lottery.. and financial aid(which barely pays for books at medical schoo)very few poor children get the education they would need to become doctors because there parents were poor... Do you think this is moral? do you think this is right?
Originally posted by Shredderbeam
Originally posted by thefreepatriot
reply to post by Shredderbeam
Not talking about being made equal by law... I am talking about being made equal regarding opportunities... this means if you want to be a doctor but because you have a poor family that doe not mean you cannot become a doctor... yes some poor people get to be doctors....but the numbers are very few..even with scholarships which is basically a lottery.. and financial aid(which barely pays for books at medical schoo)very few poor children get the education they would need to become doctors because there parents were poor... Do you think this is moral? do you think this is right?
I think that it's unfortunate, certainly, but I don't see it as immoral on my part. I have done nothing to get them into that situation, so I don't see why I should have to help them out.
Originally posted by consciencious observer
reply to post by thefreepatriot
that idealism is what will breed lazyness you can't give anybody anything they will have to earn it but instead of having to go month to month worrying about paying all your bills on time all you have to worry about is figuring out what you want to do with your life and as long as you have the ability to work and the intelligence capabilities to work in the field you choose then go for it but if you dont want to work and sit around be lazy well that ideology should have been taken care of by their parents but if it sticks and nothing can be said or done to change their minds well then i hope they have some good friends or really nice parents( which i dont know anybody that would let their own kid live on the streets unless they felt they truly deserved it even then this kid would have to be pretty bad naturally, which honestly doesn't happen the way children behave has a direct link to the way their parents are and if the parents are stressed out over bills or watever then the kids only really see the stress which in turn stresses them out but if you were to eliminate the stress then people would be alot happier sorry somewhat of point but it came back to the whole picture
Originally posted by thefreepatriot
Originally posted by consciencious observer
reply to post by thefreepatriot
that idealism is what will breed lazyness you can't give anybody anything they will have to earn it but instead of having to go month to month worrying about paying all your bills on time all you have to worry about is figuring out what you want to do with your life and as long as you have the ability to work and the intelligence capabilities to work in the field you choose then go for it but if you dont want to work and sit around be lazy well that ideology should have been taken care of by their parents but if it sticks and nothing can be said or done to change their minds well then i hope they have some good friends or really nice parents( which i dont know anybody that would let their own kid live on the streets unless they felt they truly deserved it even then this kid would have to be pretty bad naturally, which honestly doesn't happen the way children behave has a direct link to the way their parents are and if the parents are stressed out over bills or watever then the kids only really see the stress which in turn stresses them out but if you were to eliminate the stress then people would be alot happier sorry somewhat of point but it came back to the whole picture
Jesus... so you still think that it has too do with brains ?? I will give you an example Joe lives in the inner city has a high IQ of 155.. gets straights As wants to be a doctor.. he lives in a section 8 apartment and his parents work at a factory joe's dream is to become a Doctor.... but knows he needs to score a scholarship in order to make this dream come true.. right after graduating with honors. joe starts to apply for scholarships to pay for the 200,000 in tuition fees he will incur during his stay at the university .. in the end he only gets a few scholarships that pay only 35,000 couple that with financial aid and it still does not cut it... so joe decides to get student loans...and starts working 2 jobs to cover tuition... his grades start to suffer and eventually he loses his scholarships.. .........
Another scenario
Joe lives with his family in west palm lives in a multimillion dollar house
Joe has barely graduated from high school with a c average and 2.0 gpa..his parents which are plastic surgeons push him to become a doctor.. Parents make nice donation to Nova University in order to get son accepted ... son gets accepted and does horribly during his tenure there.. however because of the big donations given by his parents the director pressures the teachers to let him pass.....
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ABILITIES OR LAZYNESS... TO THINK THIS IS THE CASE IT IS IGNORANCE AT ITS PEAK