Harvard for the poor.
It seems that getting into Ivy league even if your parents don't earn gazillions can become a real possibility. In the first move Harvard administration has decided not to charge students whose parents make less than $40,000 a year. This favour is not restricted to the group mentioned only rather Harvard also announced that students whose parents earn from $40,000 to $60,000 will receive a substantial increase in aid. Well I would say its a brave move.
Moving on to more pernicious topic; Reuter health reported the results of a survey by INH. It says US adolescents who pledge not to have sex fail to keep their promise more often than rationality would suggest and as a consequence have same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as other teenagers. The study was carried on 15,000 youths and showed 88% failed their pledge to remain virgin till they marry. Not only this on the rebound these youth were more likely to have unsafe sex.
While reading this news item only thought going on in my mind was the future of our youth who are from day one bred to follow western culture blindly. West is in all sorts of troubles with their society and its entire setup. I agree with all the wild thoughts that race into young minds and the talk of letting them flourish and propagate in the spirit of evolution yet all I see is more and more evidence that such wild ideas do more harm than good. I mean we have to draw boundaries somewhere somehow. Freedom of thought is good infact if you ask me it is the recipe for all human evolution that has taken place and will take place but excessive freedom does more harm than good. Now the million dollar question, 'Who should draw the boundaries?'. Well me myself looking for an appropriate answer but for the working diagnosis lets say thats why we need an entity called God.
It seems that getting into Ivy league even if your parents don't earn gazillions can become a real possibility. In the first move Harvard administration has decided not to charge students whose parents make less than $40,000 a year. This favour is not restricted to the group mentioned only rather Harvard also announced that students whose parents earn from $40,000 to $60,000 will receive a substantial increase in aid. Well I would say its a brave move.
Moving on to more pernicious topic; Reuter health reported the results of a survey by INH. It says US adolescents who pledge not to have sex fail to keep their promise more often than rationality would suggest and as a consequence have same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as other teenagers. The study was carried on 15,000 youths and showed 88% failed their pledge to remain virgin till they marry. Not only this on the rebound these youth were more likely to have unsafe sex.
While reading this news item only thought going on in my mind was the future of our youth who are from day one bred to follow western culture blindly. West is in all sorts of troubles with their society and its entire setup. I agree with all the wild thoughts that race into young minds and the talk of letting them flourish and propagate in the spirit of evolution yet all I see is more and more evidence that such wild ideas do more harm than good. I mean we have to draw boundaries somewhere somehow. Freedom of thought is good infact if you ask me it is the recipe for all human evolution that has taken place and will take place but excessive freedom does more harm than good. Now the million dollar question, 'Who should draw the boundaries?'. Well me myself looking for an appropriate answer but for the working diagnosis lets say thats why we need an entity called God.
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