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fillskills | 5 months ago

While your link is helpful, he did not say that. He specifically mentions changing the admissions standards. Specifically having different standards for different social classes.

I have second handedly seen the effects of such discrimination in other societies and it really is crippling to the economy. Be wary of any kind of discrimination specifically one that lowers expected grades.

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curiousgal|5 months ago

> Now they have lower standards for applicants from poor families or bad schools. As a result Oxford and Cambridge have sunk to fourth place in the latest Times Good Universities Guide.

He did say exactly that.

WrongAssumption|5 months ago

Your link bolsters the point of the person you are responding to. The lowering of standards is the relevant portion. It would be relevant if they lowered standards for any group, just happened they lowered them for poor families.

hnhg|5 months ago

He also provided no numbers or evidence - did his children fail to get in or something?