The bimodal distribution of student entrance performance correlating to stratified fiscal castes has been observed for sometime:
"Outliers: The Story of Success" ( Malcolm Gladwell, 2011 )
i.e. the curriculum lesson plans naturally evolve to exclude individuals that don't need introductory lessons, because they are on average 3 years ahead of their peers by the time they enter undergraduate programs.
The kids that need to "catch-up" in introductory Math/English material are no longer failed/held-back a year in some municipalities, but rather given a remedial curriculum over the summer. If those kids parents can afford to put them through an early tutorial program, than excluding the "poor kids" from a seat at the more lucrative faculties is rather guaranteed.
Mind you explaining to privileged kids why they _get_to_ attend additional instruction can be difficult. As social media normalizes lack of impulse control, and rewards group-think biases. Our little ingrates think they can con/hack their way through life, as some fool on the web is telling them to take the easy path.
Some university kids that rely on student visa programs to access the US immigration process, will get desperate and try to outright cheat their way through a Bachelor of science degree. The real scandal is some folks get 50% of the final problems from $18.74 USD gray market course manuals out of HK, as many institutions must structure their exams this way for credit-transfer compatibility. The myth of natural talent deteriorates further with some fraternities also gaming the system to out-compete the rest of the student body when possible. Indeed, some people do hack/cheat their way to a better life using underhanded tactics, and are rarely held accountable. Some places are even removing the barrier where one needs to be fluent in English.
You are probably still thinking this can't be right, and seats for becoming a physician/pharmacist/lawyer are open to anyone. Yet I can assure you that while the faculties will take your money, the probability of getting into a Masters/Doctorate level program quickly drops while you worked hard to catch up... Note your GPA took the hits along the way.
People need to recognize there is a subtle yet important difference between intelligence and academic performance. No one ever claimed life was fair, but the hypocrisy of many meritocrats can be intolerable at times.
Stealing Einsteins chalk does not make one Einstein... but does silence talent.
"Outliers: The Story of Success" ( Malcolm Gladwell, 2011 )
i.e. the curriculum lesson plans naturally evolve to exclude individuals that don't need introductory lessons, because they are on average 3 years ahead of their peers by the time they enter undergraduate programs.
The kids that need to "catch-up" in introductory Math/English material are no longer failed/held-back a year in some municipalities, but rather given a remedial curriculum over the summer. If those kids parents can afford to put them through an early tutorial program, than excluding the "poor kids" from a seat at the more lucrative faculties is rather guaranteed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4hkpQW8E
Mind you explaining to privileged kids why they _get_to_ attend additional instruction can be difficult. As social media normalizes lack of impulse control, and rewards group-think biases. Our little ingrates think they can con/hack their way through life, as some fool on the web is telling them to take the easy path.
Some university kids that rely on student visa programs to access the US immigration process, will get desperate and try to outright cheat their way through a Bachelor of science degree. The real scandal is some folks get 50% of the final problems from $18.74 USD gray market course manuals out of HK, as many institutions must structure their exams this way for credit-transfer compatibility. The myth of natural talent deteriorates further with some fraternities also gaming the system to out-compete the rest of the student body when possible. Indeed, some people do hack/cheat their way to a better life using underhanded tactics, and are rarely held accountable. Some places are even removing the barrier where one needs to be fluent in English.
You are probably still thinking this can't be right, and seats for becoming a physician/pharmacist/lawyer are open to anyone. Yet I can assure you that while the faculties will take your money, the probability of getting into a Masters/Doctorate level program quickly drops while you worked hard to catch up... Note your GPA took the hits along the way.
People need to recognize there is a subtle yet important difference between intelligence and academic performance. No one ever claimed life was fair, but the hypocrisy of many meritocrats can be intolerable at times.
Stealing Einsteins chalk does not make one Einstein... but does silence talent.
Have a great day, =3