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Originally posted by 125shifter
The best way I heard to describe the need for afirmative action was this:
A coach has to pick one new runner for his track team. He has a choice of two runners. The faster one has perfect form. The other runner is just a hair slower and his form is very rough. Which should he pick?
The obvious would be the faster, but the slightly slower runner has more potential as his form improves with good coaching. The better choice is the slower runner.
This could be applied to a good student that came from a lower academically rated school.
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actually, the obvious choice would be the slower runner. (for the reasons that you have mentioned) however, the flaw with this argument is to automatically assume that the slower runner is at the beginning of his learning process, as to where the "perfect" one is already at the end