<p>Response to Jackson17’s post #14:</p>
<p>You wrote:
<<i believe=“” the=“” original=“” intent=“” of=“” this=“” thread=“” was=“” misrepresented.=“” .=“” purpose=“” is=“” to=“” show=“” that=“” students=“” with=“” financial=“” hardships=“” will=“” have=“” a=“” hard=“” time=“” here.=“”>> </i></p><i believe=“” the=“” original=“” intent=“” of=“” this=“” thread=“” was=“” misrepresented.=“” .=“” purpose=“” is=“” to=“” show=“” that=“” students=“” with=“” financial=“” hardships=“” will=“” have=“” a=“” hard=“” time=“” here.=“”>
<p>A bit disingenuous, perhaps. The purpose of this thread appears, to a reasonable reader, to be to trash Brandeis and horrify prospective students with unmitigated negative propaganda. Post #14 comes closest to the truth when it states:</p>
<p><<if i=“” wanted=“” to=“” list=“” all=“” of=“” the=“” positive=“” attributes=“” this=“” school=“” .=“” would=“” have=“” named=“” topic=“” something=“” else.=“”>></if></p>
<p>Quite so. In fact, the aptly named thread is titled: “You Might Want to Think Twice About Coming Here.” Based on the litany of ills that followed, it’s difficult to sell the post as simply a warning to the financially strapped.</p>
<p>The righteous indignation and counterpoint of we Brandeis supporters is an obvious reaction to what comes across as a one-sided ‘gripefest’ by a single dissatisfied customer. Had you titled your post "Those Who Must Pay Their Way May Want to Think Twice . . " and limited your comments in post #1 to paragraphs 1, 2, 3(barely;because of its relationship to avail work hours), and 7. the argument advanced in Post #14 about the thread’s true purpose might be an easier sell.</p>
<p>But let’s be honest - even if you HAD so limited your post, SOMEone would still have jumped right on it with a differing perspective – because how can anyone “think twice” if they’re only presented with one thought?</p>
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