Top 10 percent rule is unfair

harryssecret
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:47:25 +0000

It’s “assuagement”, I think. My OED is downstairs and I am lazy.

I am not saying affirmative action is necessarily a bad idea. The people who got in to my college from Eton, etc., may well think, “I am only here because I am incredibly privileged and my ancestors cosied up to Henry VIII.” There is always something to dent your self-esteem - I suppose the point is to give everyone enough bedrock of self-esteem as early as possible. And you lot are quite good at that.

The Texas ten percent rule seems better to me anyway - based on merit rather than ethnic origin or gender.