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Demeralda
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Ok I'm hoping someone can help me out with this one.
Last night, I stopped at the QuickE Mart by my house, and started chatting with a guy from Montrose. Here is what he told me, and I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge about this:
His nephew and cousin were students at Baker College. They were murdered, he claims, because they had knowledge of two drug dealers.
More importantly, though, he told me that Baker gives grants to kids from poor neighborhoods to come here and live in the dorms. Apparently, each student gets $1500 cash. His point was why do they just hand over cash to kids from these horrible neighborhoods, as if none of it will ever get spent on drugs or guns?
I don't like to assume the worst in anyone, but I do marginally see his point. What's the point of the cash? Couldn't they give them a debit card or something, if the money is for room and board?
Has anyone else heard about this? I don't know what kind of admission policy Baker has, but this is not particularly encouraging that they are helping students who really have a chance at success. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:59 am |
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Dave Starr
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| Kids from poor neighborhoods shouldn't be given a chance? Not all poor neighborhoods are "horrible". I live in the Civic park / Haskell area - not exactly an upscale area. I'm thinking of 5 kids that grew up on this block. One just retired from the Army after 20 years; He was in Special Operations during the first Gulf War and also served in Afganistan. One just got out of the Army after 6 years, including tours in Afganistan and Iraq. One is a U-M Flint grad and works there. One lady is a teacher and her sister is a social worker. Not bad for a "horrible" neighborhood. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:51 am |
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Ponycar
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Every kid who truly wants to be successful should be given a chance at success no matter what kind of neighborhood they came from. There are lots of kids from horrible neighborhoods that are good kids, and have lots of potential. There are also kids from good nieghborhoods who turn out bad. We shouldn't steroetype that someone is bad just because they come from a bad neighborhood.
I don't know what Bakers admissions policy is either, but I'm sure they just don't hand out grants without having eligibility requirements in place.
If this really did happen, did they catch the killers ? If not, how do they know that the killers were even students at Baker ? |
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:16 am |
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Demeralda
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they were caught, and are currently in jail waiting for trial. This was all reported in the Journal on March 18.
I would be the last person to say that underprivileged kids don't deserve a chance.
I do wonder why they are handing out cash to these kids. I never had $1500 in cash to blow when I was a freshman in college. Maybe it's me. |
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:54 am |
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