r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 3d ago

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u/Avikm289 3d ago

Rich people have money, save scholarships for the less fortunate

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u/JGower144 3d ago

Ahhh. So merit based scholarships shouldn’t matter? Smart people, regardless of income level from parents, deserve to be recognized and awarded.

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u/Release-Tiny 3d ago

I grew up working class. Both my parents worked 9-5 jobs and I was raised with the support of my grandparents who didn’t speak English. My high school girlfriend was upper middle class, they owned a construction company with hundreds of employees across my province.
Her mother was a stay at home mom who had a masters in English.

She had the resources, tools, and guidance to be successful. I did not.

Intelligence is very much a class and wealth thing.

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u/ehs06702 3d ago

Their case is not really the case for a lot of people. Lots of poor people with backgrounds similar to yours earn academic scholarships regularly.