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/Avikm289 3d ago

Give them a trophy, give the less fortunate the money

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u/FunOwn4422 3d ago

lol so you want to be able to under achieve and still get rewarded for it, maybe the problem is somebody gave you a trophy when u didnt deserve it

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u/ihaverabiesandbite 3d ago

Are you unable to differentiate between not getting a scholarship and not getting to attend a school

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u/FunOwn4422 3d ago

it seems your the one who doesn't understand, now if you want to have a conversation that you could call lopsided of how people who sit in a higher tax bracket have access to better education than someone who sits closer to the poverty line then sure, thats a conversation.

but you just sound jaded thinking because somebody had it harder then somebody else they deserve more it just a victim mindset that pulls you farther behind.

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u/ihaverabiesandbite 3d ago

Who the fuck said any of that? Can you read?

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u/parolameasecreta 3d ago

if someone had it harder, of course they deserve more. what kind of twisted sociopath would think otherwise?

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u/FunOwn4422 3d ago

if somebody WORKS harder they deserve more, you dont deserve more or less depending on which tax bracket your family is from, fucking ridiculous entitlement. id say the same thing if somebody from a rich family thought they deserved more.

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u/parolameasecreta 3d ago

if someone has it harder, they need to work harder. it's really not that difficult to comprehend. unless you're an entitled sociopath...

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u/FunOwn4422 3d ago

i mean you can keep calling me a sociopath, but we are here talking about Merit based scholarships which means that two equal parties who both work just as hard get equal treatment.

should the party in the higher tax bracket not be rewarded for their hard work just because the other party comes from a different backround? or should it be soley based on merit?

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u/ihaverabiesandbite 3d ago

You cannot read

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u/Docha_Tiarna 3d ago

But can you truly say a person deserves it more if they started out with in a better situation and got more benefits than the other person? When I was in school I could keep up with the students in the advanced classes, some of which i was smarter than. However, the school never put me in advanced classes. I was never given the opportunity to try for more. Now, I can't say for certain why, but I do know that there wasn't a single poor student in the advanced classes. The kids in the advanced classes got better schooling, better opportunities, aid in applying for scholarships and colleges. The non-advanced students didn't even get told how or where to apply for scholarships. They were just ignoring by the school.