There is truth in what you say; but the greatest enemy of meritocracy is now the extreme left. When I was young, CCNY was the Harvard of the working class; but it was just one of thousands of public schools throughout the country offering topnotch education to those who could achieve at that level. But meritocracy is now alleged to be ra…
There is truth in what you say; but the greatest enemy of meritocracy is now the extreme left. When I was young, CCNY was the Harvard of the working class; but it was just one of thousands of public schools throughout the country offering topnotch education to those who could achieve at that level. But meritocracy is now alleged to be racist; and these elite public schools have been destroyed by open enrollment.
There is truth in what you say; but the greatest enemy of meritocracy is now the extreme left. When I was young, CCNY was the Harvard of the working class; but it was just one of thousands of public schools throughout the country offering topnotch education to those who could achieve at that level. But meritocracy is now alleged to be racist; and these elite public schools have been destroyed by open enrollment.