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planesflyfast t1_j5ou03t wrote
Reply to comment by jrex703 in TIL: A 60-year-old Japanese truck driver learned that he was switched at birth after being born to a rich family, but instead grew up in poverty and raised by a single mother. by LimeSugar
I don't think you understand the allegory of Plato's cave.
planesflyfast t1_iu67blg wrote
Reply to comment by JakeArvizu in Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years by Superbuddhapunk
People are so like, shallow, I know, right?
planesflyfast t1_is9kxsy wrote
Reply to comment by kellymar in Accepted (2021) - A school in Louisiana is celebrated for putting traditionally underserved students into Ivy League colleges, but an investigation uncovers its charismatic founder's controversial methods (CC) [01:22:56] by thesecondfire
More likely not. People from that background are very often well educated and within their own social hierarchy well disciplined. I went to a pretty subpar public high school that always had one or two kids admitted to ivy league schools because they were presented as "Look what a shitty school this kid went to and see how smart they are despite of all that." It rarely went well. A few friends that recieved full ride scholarships to respectable universities both flunked out by the second semester. It's because the standards in high school were basically just show up and don't get in trouble.
planesflyfast t1_j5p6lcx wrote
Reply to comment by jrex703 in TIL: A 60-year-old Japanese truck driver learned that he was switched at birth after being born to a rich family, but instead grew up in poverty and raised by a single mother. by LimeSugar
No, it's really not.