[ExI] overcoming adversity

[William Flynn Wallace]

Well, make up your mind - are you talking about adversity or diversity?
Since you are descended from a minority you could claim diversity.  But if
you claimed adversity then you are saying that you are hurt and held back
in some way because of the minority genes and that's racism.

bill w

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:03 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

> Hey check this:
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> https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/us/sat-adversity-score/index.html
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> Since we have heard so much lately about rich people and celebrities
> cheating to get their children into biggity big schools, this adversity
> score business gives me an idea.  Instead of SAT classes that will coach
> students to get higher SAT scores, we use their existing scores and coach
> them to maximize their adversity.
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> For instance, a DNA test can probably turn up evidence of being descended
> from a minority (I have that.)  If the diversity score takes into account a
> family income, one facing retirement might strategically arrange to
> postpone collection of pensions until after college admissions are complete
> for instance.
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> If the diversity score takes into account the size of the bank account, a
> family could draw out all their money and purchase something that doesn’t
> change much and doesn’t show up on any asset list, such as platinum.  If
> one is holding platinum, one damn well better not reveal it.  For the risk
> takers, there is BitCoin, which also is not reportable (and have you seen
> what happened to the value of that stuff in the past month, sheesh.)
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> We could set up a business to help people maximize adversity.
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> spike
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