Carey wrote regarding 'Re: [OT]: How many ways' on Sat, Apr 08 at 23:02:
> In our state (USA-Georgia), the lottery proceeds go to college 
> scholarships for
> students with B or higher grade averages regardless of income/wealth.

Where were these scholorships when I was in school?  I attended
universities in Ilinois and Ohio, and I'll be darned if I could find
any scholorships that didn't take "wealth" into consideration.  Now
I'm paying for my wife to get a master's degree in Illinois, and
because I make decent money - on paper - there's no assistance
available.  I'd hate to see what happens once I start making gobs of
money with my new career in craps. :)

I think it's good that there are scholorships that reward good
academic performance regardless of paper-based wealth (my parents
were farmers, for example, which means there's a lot in paper "assets"
due to the cost of the equipment, but that's not exactly something
that's liquid or available to release just to pay my way through
school).

Maybe I'll have to consider moving to GA if we end up with kids who'll
need an education.  Sounds like they're better about not
discriminating, choosing to reward academic performance (which is what
school's all about) instead of rewarding whatever string of events
happened to result in low income.  It'd be nice to see the poor and
"wealthy" able to compete on a level playing field for once.

Does GA have some scholorships that aren't based on race, too?  Sounds
ike some kind of utopia for academic equality so far...

Oh, and I promise not to continue discussing this particular topic.
Just pointing out an alternative view for the sake of completeness. :)

--Danny
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