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"Part of the Problem," "Just Words, Are They Not?"
From Rob Fishman's article in The Daily Sun:
'A major study commissioned by the Pew Center and authored by the Brookings Institute demonstrates that only one-third of children today will earn more than the previous generation, and rank higher than their parents in family income. What's worse, one-fourth of children will "ride the tide," and remain in the same economic position in which they grew up, and another one-third of all American children will actually experience downward mobility during their lifetime, falling behind their parents "in both real family income and relative rank," the study explains.'
He's got some weight behind his words, but c'mon. First of all, 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/3 doesn't add up to 1. We seem to have covered all bases here - greater than, equal to, or less than. Perhaps he's skewing the statistics - perhaps more precise figures would be 37%, 29%, 34%? How are we to know? Also, half of us are doing as well as or better than hour parents. That's capitalism. You are your own person.
Finally, the rest of the article loses itself. First it criticizes Harvard and Yale's giving their students full rides, and then it says that 'elite institutions' like Ivy League schools ought to be doing more. Whatexactly are we looking for here?
On another note, I thought that Bill McMorris's criticism of Obama, "Just Words, Are They Not?" was excellently written and delivered. Compared Barack's oration with that of Jefferson, FDR, JFK. I'm not that politically savvy, but his article was very intelligent in style and sound in opinion.
SD
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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