Students Supporting Socialism... until they don't.
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I think we do it unilaterally.
The top 1% of students have to give the most of their points away, while the bottom 10% simply receive assistance so they too can have quality access to post-graduation employment. It is a human right to be able to seek and secure gainful employment and it is absolutely unfair that some people, through access to tutoring, or even by grace of natural talent in academic avenues should be privileged above others less fortunate.
The top 1% of students have to give the most of their points away, while the bottom 10% simply receive assistance so they too can have quality access to post-graduation employment. It is a human right to be able to seek and secure gainful employment and it is absolutely unfair that some people, through access to tutoring, or even by grace of natural talent in academic avenues should be privileged above others less fortunate.
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The most telling thing to me in this video is how almost all of the students they talk to said “I feel“ instead of I think. We aren’t teaching our children how to reason anymore. Emotions to be manipulated.
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Interestingly, the last 2 guys he talks to almost have semi-coherent responses. If a person is fabulously wealthy due to inheritance, is if fair that he/she has so much excess while other people struggle to pay bills?
Although I would have further questioned him and said, "So that would be like if a TA or somebody tutored a student who was struggling, that tutored student should have like 40% taken off his grade because somebody else just sort of helped him or her improve their grade from their own academic resources. It isn't fair for a tutored kid to have the same academic outcome as one who just studied by themself, right?"
As for the "stock market" comment and that only taking the push of a button, I would say, "So you're saying that somebody who predominantly relies upon their intellect and critical thinking skills for a living don't deserve a higher wage than somebody who does more physical kinds of labor. So basically, engineers, software developers, writers, people like that more fairly should be paid something like minimum wage since they don't actually "work".
Although I would have further questioned him and said, "So that would be like if a TA or somebody tutored a student who was struggling, that tutored student should have like 40% taken off his grade because somebody else just sort of helped him or her improve their grade from their own academic resources. It isn't fair for a tutored kid to have the same academic outcome as one who just studied by themself, right?"
As for the "stock market" comment and that only taking the push of a button, I would say, "So you're saying that somebody who predominantly relies upon their intellect and critical thinking skills for a living don't deserve a higher wage than somebody who does more physical kinds of labor. So basically, engineers, software developers, writers, people like that more fairly should be paid something like minimum wage since they don't actually "work".
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