Prison vs. Harvard in an unlikely debate
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#2I was expecting to read about a debate on the relative merits of going to prison, or to Harvard.
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#3This isn't far off from how the Putnam competition started: In 1933, five years before it launched as an annual competition between universities, the first Putnam mathematics competition was held between Harvard and the United States Military Academy. Allegedly nobody thought the Army had much of a chance, but unlike the students from Harvard they took the competition seriously, and as in this latest competition the underdogs won.
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#4I was expecting to read about a debate on the relative merits of going to prison, or to Harvard.
I was thinking it was the article about the merits of a Harvard education versus being a prison guard. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527487041322045762854...
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#5I was expecting to read about a debate on the relative merits of going to prison, or to Harvard.
I was thinking it was the article about the merits of a Harvard education versus being a prison guard. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527487041322045762854...
Classic example of ignoring the std deviation and using mean instead of median as if it holds any significance given a very unusual distribution curve. Its truly a textbook example.
Selectivity in lower socioeconomic class jobs is hardly limited to great paying jobs; there are similar stories about McDonalds being more selective in hiring than the Harvard acceptance rate.
There's also a cause/effect malfunction in that kids going to Harvard is an effect of getting rich, but getting rich is an effect of being a prison guard in CA, two entirely different concepts.
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#7"Republican politicians () argued that many law-abiding families struggled to afford college and shouldn’t have pay for convicted criminals to get degrees"- while this opinion has merit, it shows again Republicans have no compassion, it's a paradox that many called themselves Christian when in the Bible Jesus explicitly commanded to help the imprisoned.
Re: Prison vs. Harvard in an unlikely debate
#8"Republican politicians () argued that many law-abiding families struggled to afford college and shouldn’t have pay for convicted criminals to get degrees"- while this opinion has merit, it shows again Republicans have no compassion, it's a paradox that many called themselves Christian when in the Bible Jesus explicitly commanded to help the imprisoned.
Reminds me of the last minute of http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m38gcf/the-colbert-report-jesu...
Re: Prison vs. Harvard in an unlikely debate
#9"Republican politicians () argued that many law-abiding families struggled to afford college and shouldn’t have pay for convicted criminals to get degrees"- while this opinion has merit, it shows again Republicans have no compassion, it's a paradox that many called themselves Christian when in the Bible Jesus explicitly commanded to help the imprisoned.
It's also incredibly short-sighted. Norway treats their prisoners with respect and invests in rehabilitating rather than punishing them, and guess what? Their recidivism rate is 20%, compared to 67% in the US.
Re: Prison vs. Harvard in an unlikely debate
#10I was expecting to read about a debate on the relative merits of going to prison, or to Harvard.
Oh man, this is so bad - I admit that I read the headline the same way, and then started thinking "Hmm, maybe there's an argument there." Both communities really help you develop important life skills, and you get the opportunity to network with people who are better than you at certain things, or have great "business" contacts, and may be able to help you find a job later when you get out.