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B2 - if a college wants to give Chewbacca mom's family college scholarships for a YouTube video (or, more acuurately, for going on TV and talking

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Jun 9 '16, 08:54

about her faith), that's their business.

But at the same time, scholarships are supposed to be about some sort of achievement by the student going to college. Is a viral YouTube video an achievement? By the student?

And I'm also thinking about the WSJ article that SB posted yesterday - universal income benefit to provide a basic minimum + civil society fulfilling the remaining needs. This is a good example of how a small government/large civil society is still going to favour some causes/groups over others, and not do a more effective job of ensuring things like access to higher education.

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Scholarships are given for any number of reasons that have little to do with any achievements the student has made. -- nm - TWuG Jun 9, 08:57 1
- I understand that's the reality. -- nm - Roger More Jun 9, 09:02

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