This article, SAT Should Now Be Called SAD by Howie Katz, is just... annoying. I understand that he is making the point that if these kids did not score high enough, they should not be placed above the kids who scored higher. I get that, but it is all circumstantial. What if the man/woman that is destined to cure cancer grew up in a bad neighborhood with a tough life. Maybe if that person were given the right tools, support and trust, they could accomplish amazing things. People get so upset when they no longer get the privilege. They have been so privileged that they don't realize this is just evening out the playing field to what is fair. So many kids that come from these circumstances have never been given the chance to succeed and don't know what that looks like. Do we punish them more for the way they grew up? We all know it isn't their fault.
I'm not entirely sure who this article is meant for. Maybe to the rich parents of some white kid that didn't get into the university they wanted and wants to complain about affirmative action being the problem. Either way, he comes off lacking empathy for these kids and all they have gone through and doesn't believe that they just deserve a break. They need someone to look out for them and point them in the right direction, otherwise this pattern will just keep repeating.
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