The American Spectator

Maybe Ms. Pena should have spent the last 12 years keeping up with the other students. I doubt 4 or 5 more years of “higher education”, that these days spend almost the first 2 years in remedial courses because of the horrible quality of high schools, will be enough time for Ms. Pena to catch up to anything beyond “see spot run.”

And I would sure like to know how being “poor” automatically means you can’t learn. Are school libraries closed to the poor? Are these people so “poor” they can’t afford electricity to read by at home? Are “poor” students denied the use of school materials? Are the “poor” taught in separate classrooms with teachers worse than the average (inner cities notwithstanding)?

p>My wife and I are proud “white trash” from Arkansas. We may have not been “poor,” but we sure weren’t as near well off as most families. That didn’t stop either of us from learning, achieving and moving into the good paying careers. Besides, our parents would have whooped us if we didn’t!!! br> — Greg Barnard br> Franklin, TN /p> p> I am Hispanic, so it cannot be said that I am a racist. The blatant favoritism on the merit of race by UCLA and Berkeley, is an outrage. We are all Americans and we should be rewarded for our accomplishments and not for ethnicity or color of our skins. I find this trend a dangerous practice since it is designed to drive a wedge between Americans. The politicians gleefully pander to Hispanics now. It seems it is popular to be a Hispanic because illegal immigration from Mexico brings slave-cheap labor. I find this demeaning and terribly embarrassing to the rest of us Americans of Spanish descent. Because of the socialist Hispanic “leaders,” politicians are under the impression that all American Hispanics are for illegal immigration. Not all American Hispanics are for special treatment either. br> — Haydee Pavia br> Laguna Woods, CA /p>

Same here in Texas, thanks to former Governor George Bush. This is why the state of Texas has to spend millions of dollars a year on remedial classes in the university system:

“List of Admissions Factors: requires institutions to consider ‘all, any, or some combination of the following factors’:

“1. the applicant’s academic record;