For me, the issue is a lot simpler: They didn’t earn their spot at their university, so I don’t think they should continue to hold that spot. That’s hardly “North Korea shit.”And honestly, I’m not invested enough in this story to continue debating it. I’m mostly just trying to stay abreast so I understand the context…

Oh, I’m definitely on Team Kick Them Out. As someone else mentioned, sometimes you have have to bear the consequences of other people’s actions. That’s the way the world works for the rest of us and these students should have to experience that, too. 

Luckily everyone in my industry has to pass a criminal background check, so it’s a moot point.

If it’s relevant to the job they’re doing? Yes, more so than someone who doesn’t have that history. I’d hire an applicant with no history of embezzlement over a candidate whose spouse or child had a history of embezzlement. 

I’ve been wondering how the schools are going to hire future licensure. If the cheating students keep their spots and are granted degrees and then go on to professions that require legal licensure, what happens then? Professional licenses often require completion of certain degrees, but if admission to the…

We’re back to the doctor being untrustworthy. If parents are willing to bribe officials to get their students into school, I’m going to have a hard time believing anyone in that family who claims ignorance when it benefits them. I’d expect most students to recognize that a big jump in their SAT scores or admission to…

If they cheated to get in, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that they’re cheating to stay there. All their academic work should be suspect at this point, just like all my doctor’s interpretations of my labs would be suspect. My doctor may have done well in med school and be technically qualified, but now…

“You were probably comfortably accepted at a next tier school or even possibly at one of the same-tier schools that you simultaneously applied to.”

I’m one of those folks with limited cooking skills and a class like your SIL took would be so helpful! (Unfortunately in my area, all the classes are $100+, bougie, make-something-fancy-with-things-I’ve-never-heard-of classes, not solid basics.)

“It worked as it’s supposed to, but it didn’t work as the popular vote would have.”

As far as I can see, the Maine election worked as it was supposed to. I’d prefer the ranked voting system, but a straight popular vote seems more feasible.

I lived in Seattle for a while and I would’ve traded every upscale coffee “experience” and all of their 87,000 Starbuckses for some Dunkin’. And don’t get me started on the tragedy of this country not being wallpapered in Sonics from coast to coast. 

“Getting rid of the Electoral College is no guarantee of a liberal victory, and progressives need to understand that...”

Ranked choice voting would solve so many problems. And as someone who grew up in one of those empty states, I’m all for abolishing the electoral college. State politicians can still address state needs and concerns, but electing a president should be something all citizens have equal say in. Where you reside shouldn’t…

Seattle is kind of an awful place to live. I hope you love Austin!

It’s bonkers that there isn’t an easier way to do this.

Agreed with everything you said, especially the ungraying. It seems so capricious and stunts the conversation. 

Could be rust from your pipes or could maybe be sunscreen. Good luck figuring it out!

Could be rust from your pipes or could maybe be sunscreen. Good luck figuring it out!

And this is part of what drives me batty: most of the people arguing for the stupid wall have never visited or lived near the border. It’s not a place of rampant lawlessness, it’s not a Michael Bay movie, and it’s not the goddamn Purge. People have lived there all day every day for the last 106 years and things have…

“I’m wondering : is this ‘she likes me so she loves me’ widespread men syndrome caused by the first universal affect mechanism they are taught, aka the mother ?”