“deplorable”
As a former Upward Bound student (Howard University) and tutor/counselor (Lincoln University, Pa) I must say that this "test" is deplorable. Apparently it is easy to "experiment" with the minds and the future of at-risk, low-income minorities. If the federal government wants to truly stage an experiment, I suggest that they fully fund the Upward Bound program and then compare the students of the fully-funded program with those students, like me, who participated in the grossly under-funded program; then, they can truly measure the effectiveness and the far reaching positive effects the program has on society at-large.
As it is now, the students will be nothing but lab rats in an unethical, immoral federally-funded laboratory experiment; and who will we have to thank for this? Ourselves. Why? Because the federal government will use the federal income tax dollars we so willing "give" every paycheck to fund this "test".
Is anyone mad yet?
-Alan H. Lee
Katy, TX
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